{"id":123673,"date":"2025-01-27T13:43:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T10:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/123673\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"lukasenka-lacks-legitimacy-after-reappointing-himself-at-election-eu-foreign-affairs-chief","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/123673\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka lacks legitimacy after reappointing himself at election \u2013 EU foreign affairs chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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January 27, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka “has clung to power for 30 years” and held an election to “reappoint himself,” Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, said on X ahead of the EU foreign ministers meeting today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus’ “sham” presidential election where \u0141uka\u0161enka has been declared winner was “a blatant affront to democracy,” she stressed, noting that \u0141uka\u0161enka lacks any legitimacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus still holds an important place on the European agenda, she assured the exiled Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, who arrived in Brussels to attend the EU foreign ministers meeting today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two days ago, the EU statement stressed that Belarusians \u201cdeserve a real say in who governs their country,\u201d pledging to support \u201ctheir quest for a free, democratic, sovereign and independent Belarus, as part of a peaceful and prosperous Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus\u2019 seventh presidential election on January 21-26 took place in a purged political landscape amid a new wave of crackdown on regime critics. Belarus\u2019 election authorities have declared \u0141uka\u0161enka winner with 86.82 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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