Cichanoŭskaja meets prominent rabbi

February 17, BPN. As a participant in the Munich Security Conference, Śviatłana Cichanoŭskaja has met with Pinchas Goldschmidt, president of the Conference of European Rabbis and former chief rabbi of Moscow.

The Belarusian opposition leader condemned Alaksandr Łukašenka’s anti-Semitic remarks and highlighted the Jewish community’s important role in the history of Belarus, an aide to Cichanoŭskaja told BPN. 

“Cichanoŭskaja stressed that it is important for Belarus to maintain good relations with Israel and asked Pinchas Goldschmidt to help establish contacts between Belarus’ democrats and Israel,” he said.