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'Not yet time' to restore Kaliningrad border traffic: official

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Roberto Galea 13.08.2016 14:52
It is not yet time to restore local border traffic with the Kaliningrad oblast, said deputy Interior Minister Jarosław Zieliński.
The Polish-Russian border. Photo: Wikimedia CommonsThe Polish-Russian border. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

He added that: “The minor interests of people who take advantage of local traffic cannot be substituted for security threats. I would ask for overall consideration of the state and not local [issues]”.

Zieliński said that when the conditions will be right, the borders will be reopened but this required constant monitoring and analysis – as of present.

Poland closed local crossings with Ukraine and the Russian Federation for the NATO summit and World Youth Day in July. Local traffic with Ukraine was restored but not with the Kaliningrad exclave.

Recently, opposition Civic Platform MPs appealed for reopening the border with Kaliningrad, following complaints from local businesses focused on Russian customers. (ek/rg)

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