The Polish government is close to ending the blockade of several border crossings with Ukraine by truckers, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday, Reuters reports, according to UNN.
We are close to convinced that our actions can bring results, both in the negotiations in Kyiv and in Brussels. I don't think we will achieve the maximum that the truckers want, but it seems that what can be achieved will allow us to remove emotions and ease the blockade on the border
Polish drivers are demanding, among other things, the restoration of the system under which Ukrainian companies must obtain permits to work in the EU. It was canceled after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to Tusk, the current rules regarding permits will be in effect until June and that they are unlikely to be changed before then. However, he noted that other solutions could be found at the "operational level."
Tusk said he would discuss the issue with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his upcoming visit to Kyiv.
"I will do everything possible to ease the lives and fate of Polish truckers," he said.
Poland's deputy infrastructure minister said on Friday after a meeting in Kyiv that he hopes the truckers' protests on the border with Ukraine will be resolved by the end of the year.