Reasons for blocking the border: Polish strikers want to reduce the number of Ukrainian carriers in Europe - Deputy Minister
Kyiv • UNN
Polish strikers are demanding the restoration of European transportation permits for Ukrainians to reduce their presence in the European transportation market. No compromise was reached during the negotiations, so traffic at Ukrainian-Polish border crossings is still limited due to the strike.
Polish strikers blocking the border demand return of European transportation for Ukrainians to reduce the number of Ukrainian carriers in Europe. This was stated on the air of the telethon by Deputy Minister of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine Serhiy Derkach said during a telethon, according to correspondent of UNN.
Details
During the negotiations with representatives of the Polish authorities and protesters discussed compromise solutions, in particular, to speed up the departure of empty vehicles from Ukraine. According to him, no compromises have been reached so far. have been reached.
Representatives of Polish strikers say that Ukrainians will still travel to Poland and this does not suit them. to Poland anyway, and they are not happy about it. They used to work for Ukraine, Russia and Belarus, and now Russia and Belarus are closed to them as part of the geography of their business, so they suffer economically and want to increase the number of transportation to Ukraine. To do this, they need to artificially reduce the number of of Ukrainians traveling to Poland and other European countries. They want to do this by returning the permits and getting their government to reduce the number of permits for Ukrainian carriers
Situation at the border
At one of the blocked checkpoints, namely Krakivets-Korchova, vehicles are allowed through, but there are also protesters on one of the roads protesters are standing on one of the roads, limiting the capacity of the checkpoint. On other roads one car per hour is allowed through. Although sometimes the protesters violate even this agreement.
Serhiy Derkach noted that the Ukrainian side records every case when humanitarian aid or dangerous goods are delayed due to the strike, and passes this information to the EU and the Polish government.
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