{"id":102571,"date":"2024-08-29T13:30:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T10:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/102571\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarusian-ambassador-attends-slovak-uprising-anniversary-event","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/102571\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian ambassador attends Slovak Uprising anniversary event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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August 29, Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has invited a Belarusian delegation to participate in commemorative events marking the 80th anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising during World War II, the Belarusian foreign ministry’s press office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The events are taking place on August 28 and 29 in Bansk\u00e1 Bystrica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The delegation includes “descendants of veterans of the uprising and the liberation of Czechoslovakia\u201d as well as Andrej Dapkiunas, the Belarusian ambassador to Austria and permanent representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and international organizations in Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fico confirmed meeting the veterans in Bratislava, while Belarusian diplomats noted Slovakia’s dedication to the commemoration of the Red Army soldiers’ heroism during the liberation of Slovakia from the Nazis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Russia launched a full-scale war on Ukraine with the support of authorities in Minsk, many democratic countries preferred not to invite Belarusian and Russian diplomats to events, including a Nobel Prize award ceremony, a commemoration of the victims of the nuclear bombings in Japan or an anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald, Mittelbau-Dora and Auschwitz concentration camps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fico, a controversial left-wing politician, is known for publicly opposing military assistance to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, in February, Bratislava sided with the European Union’s decision to allocate \u20ac50 billion to Ukraine over the next three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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