{"id":140503,"date":"2025-05-29T21:22:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T18:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/140503\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"bratislava-appoints-ambassador-to-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/140503\/","title":{"rendered":"Bratislava appoints ambassador to Belarus (updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 29, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Slovakia has appointed politician Jozef Miga\u0161 as ambassador to Belarus, <em>TASR <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miga\u0161 served in this capacity in 2016\u20132020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blan\u00e1r said Bratislava wants to resume &#8220;constructive dialogue&#8221; with Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Franak Via\u010dorka, chief adviser to Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, expressed regret over the appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He told <em>Pozirk <\/em>that the decision contradicts the common European position and plays into the hands of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Will the ambassador in Minsk fight for the release of political prisoners and raise unpleasant issues with the regime? I doubt it,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"352\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/25.04.04_dapkiunas-mid-352x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/25.04.04_dapkiunas-mid-352x236.jpg 352w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/25.04.04_dapkiunas-mid-732x490.jpg 732w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/25.04.04_dapkiunas-mid-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/25.04.04_dapkiunas-mid-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/25.04.04_dapkiunas-mid.jpg 1123w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarusian diplomat lobbying for parliamentary cooperation with Slovakia<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 4, Pozirk. 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. The diplomat also argued for the resumption &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/132919\">\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 29, Pozirk. Slovakia has appointed politician Jozef Miga\u0161 as ambassador to Belarus, TASR reported. Miga\u0161 served in this capacity in 2016\u20132020. Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blan\u00e1r said Bratislava wants to resume &#8220;constructive dialogue&#8221; with Minsk. Franak Via\u010dorka, chief adviser to Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, expressed regret over the appointment. 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