{"id":125018,"date":"2025-02-05T13:53:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T10:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/125018\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"opposition-leader-to-discuss-belarus-at-summit-in-albania","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/125018\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition leader to discuss Belarus at summit in Albania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>February 5, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has left for Albania for a two-day visit, her aide Franak Via\u010dorka has told <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The politician is expected to meet with Albania&#8217;s top officials, including Prime Minister Edi Rama, Foreign Minister Igli Hasani and Parliament Speaker Elisa Spiromali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cichano\u016dskaja will also discuss the situation in Belarus at the Pact of Free Cities summit in Tirana. Her participation will help expand ties between the Belarusian pro-democracy forces and European cities and negotiate cultural cooperation and exchange initiatives as well as internships for Belarusians in local governments, Via\u010dorka noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 2019, the Pact of Free Cities originated as a cooperation agreement of Bratislava, Budapest, Prague and Warsaw. Currently, it includes major European cities as well as Los Angeles and Taipei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cichano\u016dskaja had visited Albania four years ago at the invitation of Prime Minister Edi Rama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photo_2025-02-02_15-16-06-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photo_2025-02-02_15-16-06-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photo_2025-02-02_15-16-06-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photo_2025-02-02_15-16-06-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photo_2025-02-02_15-16-06-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/photo_2025-02-02_15-16-06.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Opposition leader urges European diplomats to help Belarus\u2019 media<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 3, Pozirk. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja met with diplomats from nine countries on in Vilnius on January 31 to discuss financial assistance to the Belarusian independent media amid the US freeze on foreign aid, her aide Franak Via\u010dorka &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/124623\">\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>February 5, Pozirk. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has left for Albania for a two-day visit, her aide Franak Via\u010dorka has told Pozirk. The politician is expected to meet with Albania&#8217;s top officials, including Prime Minister Edi Rama, Foreign Minister Igli Hasani and Parliament Speaker Elisa Spiromali. Cichano\u016dskaja will also discuss the situation in Belarus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-125018","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>Opposition leader to discuss Belarus at summit in Albania | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 5, Pozirk. 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