“Truck traffic has resumed: Polish farmers complete the blockade in front of the Medyka checkpoint” (South), Ukrainian border guards announced in a statement on Telegram. The blocking “ended at 9:30 a.m.” And “Registration and passage of trucks entering Ukraine are carried out as usual”.
Polish truck drivers, who denounce “unfair competition” of their Ukrainian colleagues, have been blocking the border between the two countries since the beginning of November, creating endless queues.
On Friday, the new head of Polish diplomacy, Radoslaw Sikorski, met in Kiev with the Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure, Oleksandr Kubrakov, as well as his foreign affairs counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba, and the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, to discuss this subject which strains relations between the two neighbors. “We have to find solutions”Mr. Kuleba insisted to the press, judging the situation “unacceptable”while Mr. Kubrakov told him “hope to find a common position this week”.
The new Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, promised to find a solution with disgruntled carriers in his country.