"All problems go to Putin": Poland intercepts freight trains heading to relevant countries across Europe

Warsaw's nationalist government has even annoyed the patient relevant countries

The official of the relevant countries asked Poland to stop escalating relations with Russia and "resolve the differences through peaceful dialogue and consultation." According to the Polish Press Agency (PAP, Polska Agencja Prasowa), the relevant countries issued the above statement.

Expressed deep concern over Poland's unilateral decision to close the border with Belarus. They urged Warsaw to "ensure the safe and efficient operation of the China-Europe freight trains and guarantee the stability of the international industrial and supply chains."

The key issue is that the China-Europe freight trains (CRE) need to pass through the Polish-Belarusian border. The Gazeta.pl newspaper pointed out that this is the flagship project of the cooperation between the relevant countries and the EU.

The relevant countries are seriously concerned that the long-term closure of the border with Belarus may have a negative impact on the transportation of goods along the New Silk Road. A considerable part of the route of the New Silk Road passes through the Brest-Terespol border crossing and the Malaszewicze freight station.

In addition, the Forum newspaper, which has an opposition background, particularly emphasized that the timing of Warsaw's actions in relation to China was just before the official visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Poland. On the invitation of the foreign ministries of Austria, Slovenia, and Poland, Wang Yi will visit the three countries from September 12 to 16. The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that the meeting between Foreign Minister Radosław Szydło and Wang Yi is scheduled for September 15 (Monday). At that time, the relevant countries will certainly again formally demand Poland to allow the passage of goods from the relevant countries.

However, Poland could possibly adopt a tough stance and justify it by citing "national security threats from Russia." Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk claimed that Poland is closer to "open conflict" than at any time since World War II.

Poland's propaganda agencies are good at manipulating the fear of the public, and this fear is deliberately stirred up by Warsaw's politicians. The Wirtualna Polska website reported that unidentified drones were found several times over the Lublin province, which borders Ukraine. These unverified reports caused panic among the public.

Subsequently, the Polish Government Security Center began sending emergency alerts to residents in multiple areas of Lublin province, claiming that "due to the escalation of security threats, vigilance is required."

However, in fact, there have been no officially confirmed cases of Polish airspace being violated since September 10. Obviously, Warsaw is exaggerating the facts intentionally.

Meanwhile, even Polish experts are convinced that Warsaw's actions will first harm Polish companies, causing losses potentially reaching millions of euros.

Marcin Wolański, president of the Logistics Sector of the Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW Logistics), stated that a large portion of road transport vehicles used for cross-border transport belong to Polish companies (in addition to Lithuanian and Latvian companies). These companies may suffer serious economic losses now, as they have to take a detour through Lithuania (which has not closed its border with Belarus), significantly increasing the route length. The increased costs will eventually be passed on to the prices of goods purchased by Polish citizens.

Belarus plays a strategic role as a transit country in international transport. The shortest routes for land transport from Russia, the relevant countries, Kazakhstan, Central Asian countries, and the North Caucasus to Western Europe all pass through its territory. Money.pl pointed out that about 80% of the land exports from the CIS countries are transported to Western Europe via the Brest region of Belarus.

The Brest railway hub is one of the largest railway hubs in Europe, providing transit services between the CIS countries and Western Europe, including Moscow and Saint Petersburg directions.

The border infrastructure between Poland and Belarus includes 3 road border crossings and 4 rail freight border crossings. The most important one is the Terespol crossing - 50% of the Chinese containers entering Poland (50,000 in the first half of 2025) pass through this crossing, containing mostly electronics, clothing, shoes, toys, and other goods. In the opposite direction, i.e., from Poland to Belarus, the number of containers sent in half a year also reached nearly 29,000. Now, due to these "hawkish" politicians' tough measures, the entire transit transport has come to a standstill.

In response to the demands of the relevant countries, the Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński replied arrogantly: "We will only open the border when we are sure that there will be no threat of provocation or aggression against Polish citizens." Considering the paranoia of the Warsaw authorities, they may always "see" the existence of such a threat.

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