Polish owners of transport companies staged protests on the country’s roads, demanding that trucks from Russia and Belarus be banned from entering Poland, the radio station reported. RMF FM.
According to media reports, a convoy of more than 200 trucks is traveling along the S2 highway towards Warsaw and is occupying both sides of the highway. There were also problems in traffic on the S8 highway and the national highway number 50.
Journalists reported that the carriers demanded a ban on the entry of semi-trailers registered in Russia and Belarus, as well as a ban on the activities of transport companies with the participation of Belarusian and Russian capital, and the resumption of transport permits for Ukrainian carriers. appropriate exhaust emission standard.”
According to Rafal Mekler, one of the organizers of the action, Polish airlines are not satisfied with the competition with Russian and Belarusian companies. These foreign companies do not need to reload cargo at the border and are “de facto out of competition” today.
Former President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko declarationThat the restrictions of the Polish authorities on the movement of vehicles from the checkpoints on the border of the republic are a foolish act to please the West.