{"id":1350,"date":"2023-08-03T19:41:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T16:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1350"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"us-envoy-opposition-leader-discuss-democracy-and-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/1350\/","title":{"rendered":"US envoy, opposition leader discuss democracy and cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 3,&nbsp;<em>BPN.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;US Ambassador to Lithuania Robert S. Gilchrist has reaffirmed Washington&#8217;s support for Belarusian civil society, \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja&#8217;s office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian opposition leader received Gilchrist at the end of his tenure as an envoy in Vilnius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cichano\u016dskaja, who fled to Lithuania after the disputed presidential election in August 2020, thanked the US government for backing Belarusian democratic forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two discussed further cooperation and support for Belarusians&#8217; democratic aspirations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert S. Gilchrist presented his credentials to Lithuanian President Gitanas Naus\u0117da in February 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 3,&nbsp;BPN.&nbsp;US Ambassador to Lithuania Robert S. Gilchrist has reaffirmed Washington&#8217;s support for Belarusian civil society, \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja&#8217;s office reports. The Belarusian opposition leader received Gilchrist at the end of his tenure as an envoy in Vilnius. Cichano\u016dskaja, who fled to Lithuania after the disputed presidential election in August 2020, thanked the US government for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-1350","articles","type-articles","status-publish","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>US envoy, opposition leader discuss democracy and cooperation | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 3,&nbsp;BPN.&nbsp;US Ambassador to Lithuania Robert S. 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