{"id":107060,"date":"2024-09-29T19:46:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T16:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/107060\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"polish-foreign-minister-us-hostages-envoy-discuss-pacobut","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/107060\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish foreign minister, US hostages envoy discuss Pa\u010dobut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sikorski_mid_polska.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sikorski_mid_polska.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sikorski_mid_polska-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sikorski_mid_polska-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sikorski_mid_polska-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sikorski_mid_polska-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 29, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Polish Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski has met with the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs in Washington to discuss efforts to secure the release Andrej Pa\u010dobut (Andrzej Poczobut), a Belarusian journalist and Polish minority activist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a video statement on Friday, the minister said the talks were highly significant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian authorities arrested Pa\u010dobut in March 2021 and charged him with inciting hatred. He was later sentenced to eight years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human rights groups called his persecution politically motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Warsaw&#8217;s constant attempts to secure the reporter&#8217;s release, including by closing a key crossing at the Belarusian border, have been unsuccessful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sikorski_MSZ_Polska_744-2-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sikorski_MSZ_Polska_744-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sikorski_MSZ_Polska_744-2.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Poland&#039;s top diplomat pledges to secure release of Poczobut, others<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 2, Pozirk. Poland will continue seeking the release of journalist Andrzej Poczobut (Andrej Pa\u010dobut) from the Belarusian prison, tvn24.pl reports, citing Polish Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski. The diplomat did not comment on Poland&#039;s participation in the large prisoner swap &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/98730\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 29, Pozirk. Polish Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski has met with the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs in Washington to discuss efforts to secure the release Andrej Pa\u010dobut (Andrzej Poczobut), a Belarusian journalist and Polish minority activist. In a video statement on Friday, the minister said the talks were highly significant. Belarusian authorities arrested [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":82037,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-107060","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Polish foreign minister, US hostages envoy discuss Pa\u010dobut | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 29, Pozirk. 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