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Poland shuts a major Belarus border crossing
Summary
A look back at the closure announced on 9 February 2023 and the diplomatic travel that framed the day.
What happened on the Polish-Belarusian frontier on 9 February 2023? Poland announced that it was closing a major border crossing with Belarus "until further notice", citing heightened tensions between the two countries.
The decision left only two checkpoints open between Poland and Belarus.
Diplomacy elsewhere
The announcement came as Ukrainian diplomacy was also in motion. As reported on 8 February 2023, Volodymyr Zelensky was due to travel to France after his visit to the United Kingdom. There he was expected to meet the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz.
The two items were separate developments, and the reports on them do not link one to the other. Together they show the regional picture at that point in February 2023: a neighbouring border being narrowed while Ukraine's leader moved through European capitals.
