{"id":134732,"date":"2025-04-17T21:54:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T18:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/134732\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"lukasenka-sacks-belarusian-ambassador-to-armenia","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/134732\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka sacks Belarusian ambassador to Armenia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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April 17, Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enkahas has dismissed Alaksandar Kaniuk, 64, as ambassador to Armenia, the Belarusian ruler’s press office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaniuk, prosecutor general from 2011 to 2020, had represented Minsk in Yerevan since November 2020. His tenure in Armenia coincided with growing tensions between Minsk and Yerevan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that neither he nor any other Armenian official would travel to Belarus as long as \u0141uka\u0161enka was in power. The head of the Armenian government said that in connection with \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s remarks supportive of Azerbaijan made at a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Armenia has also been downgrading its participation in the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) since late 2022, accusing its individual members of \u201cplanning a war\u201d against Armenia together with Azerbaijan. Pashinyan declared that the CSTO posed a threat to Armenia\u2019s existence, sovereignty and statehood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan signed the law establishing the legal framework for Armenia\u2019s accession to the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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