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January 29, Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Andrej Dapkiunas, Belarus’ ambassador to Austria and permanent representative to the OSCE and international organizations in Vienna, has presented his credentials to Slovak President Peter Pellegrini after being appointed ambassador to Slovakia on October 21, the Belarusian foreign ministry reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus closed its embassy in Bratislava in the fall of 2023, three years after its last ambassador to Slovakia, Ihar La\u0161\u010denia, who resigned in August 2020 in protest against vote rigging in Belarus\u2019 presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the embassy\u2019e closure, Dapkiunas has visited Slovakia several times (the distance between Vienna and Bratislava is 74 km or 46 miles).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Slovakia’s criticized the Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka regime before Robert Fico, a pro-Russian populist, won the parliamentary election in the fall of 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja visited the country several times to meet with President Zuzana \u010caputov\u00e1 and members of the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, in mid-January 2024, Slovak Culture Minister Martina \u0160imkovi\u010dov\u00e1 revoked her predecessor’s March 2022 order that prohibited cultural and academic ties with Belarus and Russia, introduced in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, during a debate on a report from the UN Human Rights Council on July 3, a Slovak diplomat expressed concern about Belarus\u2019 poor human rights record, noting that \u0141uka\u0161enka’s regime had systematically suppressed dissent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141uka\u0161enka met with Fico during his previous term as prime minister in November 2016, when Slovakia held the presidency of the European Union. The Belarusian ruler thanked Fico for heling him improve ties with the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also read: Minsk appoints non-resident ambassador to Slovakia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian ambassador attends Slovak Uprising anniversary event<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

January 29, Pozirk. Andrej Dapkiunas, Belarus’ ambassador to Austria and permanent representative to the OSCE and international organizations in Vienna, has presented his credentials to Slovak President Peter Pellegrini after being appointed ambassador to Slovakia on October 21, the Belarusian foreign ministry reported. Belarus closed its embassy in Bratislava in the fall of 2023, three […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-124118","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAmbassador Dapkiunas presents credentials to Slovak president | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 29, Pozirk. 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