“Truck traffic has resumed: Polish farmers complete the blockade in front of the Medyka (South) checkpoint,” Ukrainian border guards announced in a statement on Telegram. The blockade “ended at 9:30 a.m.” and “the registration and passage of trucks entering Ukraine are taking place as usual.”
Polish truck drivers, denouncing “unfair competition” from their Ukrainian colleagues, have been blocking the border between the two countries since the beginning of November, causing endless queues.
On Friday, the new head of Polish diplomacy, Radoslaw Sikorski, met in Kiev with Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakow, as well as his foreign policy counterpart Dmytro Kuleba and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, to discuss this issue straining relations between the two neighbors. “We have to find solutions,” Mr. Kuleba insisted to the press, deeming the situation “unacceptable,” while Mr. Kubrakov told him: “I hope to find a common position this week.”
New Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk promised to find a solution with disgruntled transport companies in his country.