US EditionPoland to reopen border with Belarus after nearly two-week closure, PM Tusk says
Poland ended nearly two weeks of border closures triggered by Belarus-Russia military drills, restoring trade routes that affect €25 billion in annual EU-China goods, officials said.
- Poland will reopen its border with Belarus this week, as confirmed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk during a news conference.
- The border was sealed on September 9 due to Russian-led military exercises, the Zapad-2025, which simulated war with the West.
- The closure disrupted a major trade route for Chinese goods, which worried Beijing.
- Tusk indicated that reopening the border reduces risks from eastern neighbors but stated it could close again if tensions rise.
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Poland Reopens Border With Belarus, as China Struggles to Find Alternative Trade Routes to EU
Poland announced it would reopen border crossings with Belarus on Sept. 25, after the European Union expressed concerns that the temporary closure blocked the flow of trade between China and Europe. The Polish government did not rule out further closures. The China-Europe Railway Express, which is a vital logistics channel between China and the EU, will resume operations. Analysts said that the nearly two-week Polish border closure showed the vu…
On the night of Wednesday 24 to Thursday 25 September, Poland reopens its border with Belarus. The crossing points between two countries were all closed at the beginning of September in response to the joint Russian-Belarus military manoeuvres Zapad-2025. This is good news for trade between the European Union and China: more than 90% Chinese goods travel by this road.
The Polish government has announced that at midnight today it will reopen its border with Belarus, which has been closed as a precautionary measure by the Russian Zapad maneuvers, which mobilized more than 100,000 Russian soldiers near Polish territory, as Vladimir Putin later confirmed. The closure had far-reaching consequences for the rail freight traffic between China and the European Union, with a commercial volume of about 25 billion euros …
One week after the end of a joint military maneuver between Belarus and Russia, Poland is reopening its border with Belarus.
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