{"id":132919,"date":"2025-04-04T14:39:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T11:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/132919\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarusian-diplomat-lobbying-for-parliamentary-ties-with-slovakia","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/132919\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian diplomat lobbying for parliamentary cooperation with Slovakia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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April 4, Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Andrej Dapkiunas, Belarusian ambassador to Austria and Slovakia, met Tibor Ga\u0161par, deputy speaker of the Slovak National Council, to discuss the restoration of bilateral parliamentary ties, the foreign ministry reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The diplomat also argued for the resumption of the Belarusian-Slovak interparliamentary friendship group’s activities, it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Potential expansion of parliamentary cooperation may lead to the emergence of associations friendly to Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, exiled opposition politician Anatol Labied\u017aka has told Pozirk<\/em>, commenting on the news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian pro-democracy forces will aim to set up parliamentary groups For Democratic Belarus in Slovakia and Hungary this year, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

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