Poland hopes for cease of border blockade by Christmas after talks in Kyiv

Paweł Gancarz, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Poland, who is on a visit in Kyiv on 22 December, has announced a breakthrough in solving the issue of the Polish hauliers’ blockade of the Polish-Ukrainian border.

Source: Gancarz cited by the Wirtualna Polska portal, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Gancarz has met with his Ukrainian counterpart Serhii Derkach in Kyiv. He stated that Kyiv and Warsaw are coordinating "remaining details" in order to reach a compromise on the issue of the border.

Gancarz expressed hope that after "today's meeting there is a meeting of (Polish Infrastructure – ed.) Minister Klimchak with the committee which is protesting at the border, and we will be able to solve this issue by Christmas."

"(Ukraine – ed.) is fighting. But there are also the interests of the business who are worried about their lives and the fact that they may be pushed back from the transportation market. We are trying to solve this problem. I think that after today's meeting the starting position is very good," he stressed.

Earlier, Oleksander Kubrakov, Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine and Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development, and Dariusz Klimczak, the newly-appointed Minister of Infrastructure of Poland, have held their first meeting in Warsaw.

Background: The blockade by Polish hauliers has been ongoing since 6 November. On Monday, 18 December, the hauliers resumed the blockade of the Dorohusk-Yahodyn checkpoint after it was temporarily halted due to a ban by local authorities.

Among other things, the hauliers demand the reintroduction of commercial permits for Ukrainian companies for transporting freight with the exception of humanitarian aid and supplies for the Ukrainian military.

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