The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus summoned the Polish Charge d’Affaires Martin Voitekhovsky and protested him in connection with the closure of the “Bobrovniki” border checkpoint. In this respect informs Press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus.
“The Polish diplomat drew attention to the categorical inadmissibility of this step, which exacerbated the already extremely difficult situation on the Belarusian-Polish border and violated the rights of thousands of citizens of Belarus, Poland and many other countries,” the message said.
Minsk stressed that Warsaw’s actions were inhumane and harmed large economic operators and small businesses.
“The Belarusian side reserves the right to take adequate intervention measures,” said the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Earlier, the official representative of the Belarusian State Border Committee Anton Bychkovsky declarationMinsk said he saw no objective reason for Poland to suspend the crossing at the Bobrovniki border checkpoint.
On the eve of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Poland Mariusz Kaminsky said that the Polish authorities made the decision based on the interests of state security. closed Border crossing with Belarus in Bobrovniki.