Hundreds Of Polish Cars Stuck In Belarus
2- 22.12.2025, 15:32
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They were driving trailers with Lithuanian license plates.
Polish road haulers ask the government to help them return the vehicles stuck on the Belarusian territory. Many of them had trailers with Lithuanian license plates, and tractors with Polish ones. Such trains can't leave Belarus either through the Lithuanian or Polish border.
The situation may affect hundreds of road trains, accounts in the Polish Association of International Road Carriers (ZMPD). To solve the problem, the carriers met with representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Foreign Ministry and the Border Guard Service.
What's the problem
In late October, Lithuania closed its border with Belarus in response to the mass arrival of weather probes carrying Belarusian smuggled cigarettes. Then Lukashenko's regime tightened the rules for the movement of trucks with Lithuanian and Polish registration across its territory. Trucks and trailers with Lithuanian registration were allowed to enter and leave Belarus only through checkpoints on the Belarusian-Lithuanian border and move around the country only from the border to the established unloading place.
While the border was closed, the vehicles were sent to special customs parking lots, from where they could not get out even after the opening of checkpoints due to political and technical restrictions.
It turned out, however, that many trains were "international". A tractor with Polish license plates was carrying a trailer registered in Lithuania. Such a train can't leave Belarus either through the Lithuanian or Polish section of the border, stated the ZMPD.
Huge costs
Moreover, the owners of trains have to pay for customs parking - 120 euros per day for each train. If blocked for 40 days, the costs reach almost 5 thousand euros and increase every day.
- Some Polish entrepreneurs have more than ten or even several dozens of trains blocked, which leads to huge financial losses and paralyzes the companies' activities. <�...> According to our data, the situation may affect hundreds of such road trains in total," said ZMPD chairman Jan Buczek.
The Rzeczpospolita publication cites another aspect of the problem. Some tractors are nearing the end of their technical inspection. The Ministry of Infrastructure needs a decision so that such a vehicle can enter Poland without consequences and drive to the inspection station.
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