Cichanoŭskaja discusses updating Belarus resolution with German MP

November 9, Pozirk. Belarusian pro-democracy leader Sviatłana Cichanoŭskaja met Monday in Berlin with Knut Abraham, who leads the Bundestag’s group For a Democratic Belarus and delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), to discuss the German federal parliament’s work to update its 2023 resolution on Belarus.

Cichanoŭskaja’s delegation included her aides Anatol Labiedźka, Franak Viačorka and Karim Pedersen and former political prisoner Ksienija Łuckina, who is a member of the opposition Coordination Council.

As Labiedźka said on Cichanoŭskaja’s Telegram channel, participants at the meeting discussed the Bundestag’s work to update its 2023 resolution on Belarus and plans to reintroduce training programs for young Belarusians in 2027 and step up support for Belarusians in Germany.

Also under discussion was cooperation within the Alliance of Parliamentary Groups for a Democratic Belarus, expected to hold its next meetings in December 2026 in Oslo and in June 2027 in Vilnius, and within the Council of Europe.

In November 2023, Germany’s governing coalition adopted a resolution calling on Alaksandar Łukašenka’s regime to end repression, release all political prisoners, create conditions for free and fair elections under international observation, and stop supporting Russia’s war against Ukraine.