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Oleksandr Kubrakov: First meeting with the newly appointed Polish Minister of Infrastructure Dariusz Klimczak held in Warsaw
Oleksandr Kubrakov
Deputy Prime Minister Infrastructure International activity
21 December 2023 09:42
https://www.kmu.gov.ua/en/news/oleksandr-kubrakov-provely-pershu-zustrich-iz-novopryznachenym-ministrom-infrastruktury-polshchi-dariushem-klymchakom-u-varshavi

Oleksandr Kubrakov, Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine and Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development, outlined the main topics of his meeting with Polish Minister of Infrastructure Dariusz Klimczak in Warsaw: “We discussed several issues in the transport sector, but the main topic was the unblocking of the border. We presented key figures and analytical data on freight traffic by Ukrainian and Polish carriers, which show that the problems the protesters were talking about do not really exist.

We discussed the arguments and position of the Polish side. It is important to come to a common understanding of the figures and data on traffic and market share held by our and Polish carriers.

In the context of the partial blockade of deepwater ports, the number of shipments has obviously increased. A significant share is occupied by the transportation of fuel, humanitarian cargo and grain. In this way, we provide critical imports for Ukraine and support export logistics.

We have raised the issue of creating a separate electronic queue for empty trucks on the Yahodyn-Dorohusk route. We proposed this earlier and we have done it. On Monday, the registration for the separate queue started, but it is impossible to see the impact of this decision, as the border is completely blocked (3 trucks left Yahodyn in one day!).

We also emphasized the period of stay for trucks with foreign registration. It is now 60 days instead of 20. I am grateful to the State Customs Service of Ukraine for the relevant explanations to the regional customs offices.

We plan to come to a common position this week in Kyiv together with representatives of the Polish government.

I am grateful to my colleagues from the new government for their open dialogue and willingness to solve problems together. We are working to ensure that exports and imports can move freely across our border.”