{"id":138478,"date":"2025-05-16T19:17:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T16:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/138478\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"cichanouskaja-greets-zelensky-meets-tusk-at-summit","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/138478\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja meets with Zelensky, other leaders at summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tikhanouskaia_zelenski_pressST.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tikhanouskaia_zelenski_pressST.png 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tikhanouskaia_zelenski_pressST-354x236.png 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tikhanouskaia_zelenski_pressST-734x490.png 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tikhanouskaia_zelenski_pressST-178x118.png 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tikhanouskaia_zelenski_pressST-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n        Still frame by Pozirk        <span>(video on \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja&#039;s Telegram channel)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 16, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Pro-democracy leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has called for continued pressure on Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka following today&#8217;s meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on the sidelines of the European Political Community (EPC) summit in Tirana, Albania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Poland knows: Europe&#8217;s security is not complete without a free Belarus. Belarusians are ready to contribute to regional peace and stability. Pressure on dictators works \u2013 let&#8217;s keep it on, until freedom wins,&#8221; the Belarusian politician said on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cichano\u016dskaja also shook hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, exchanging a few words with him at the summit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It is very important to stand with Ukraine and support the Ukrainian people now,&#8221; Cichano\u016dskaja&#8217;s press office quoted her as saying. &#8220;Stopping Russian aggression is our common goal. We are working to ensure that Belarus and Ukraine are free \u2013 without occupiers, without dictators, in the European family.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cichano\u016dskaja is participating in the sixth EPC summit in Tirana on May 16\u201317. She also met with the leaders of Turkey, Kosovo, the European Parliament, the European Commission, the European Council, NATO and the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following states were announced to participate in the EPC plenary session: EU states, as well as Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Britain, Georgia, Iceland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.<\/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\/05\/IMG_3312-354x236.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3312-354x236.jpeg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3312-734x490.jpeg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3312-178x118.jpeg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3312-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3312.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Cichano\u016dskaja: time to force dictators to change their act<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 15, Pozirk. \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has voiced skepticism over the upcoming Russian-Ukrainian negotiations in Istanbul, her press office reported. There is an illusion that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarus&#039; Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka want peace, she told the Impact&#039;25 conference in &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/138298\">\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>May 16, Pozirk. Pro-democracy leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has called for continued pressure on Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka following today&#8217;s meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on the sidelines of the European Political Community (EPC) summit in Tirana, Albania. &#8220;Poland knows: Europe&#8217;s security is not complete without a free Belarus. 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