{"id":143062,"date":"2025-06-17T20:52:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T17:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143062\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"cichanouskaja-praises-swedens-principled-stance-on-lukasenkas-regime","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143062\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja praises Sweden\u2019s principled stance on \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1127\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tihanovskaja-sweden-17-06.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tihanovskaja-sweden-17-06.jpg 1127w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tihanovskaja-sweden-17-06-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tihanovskaja-sweden-17-06-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tihanovskaja-sweden-17-06-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tihanovskaja-sweden-17-06-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1127px) 100vw, 1127px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja and Ulf Kristersson\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Cichano\u016dskaja&#039;s press office)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 17, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has acknowledged\u00a0Stockholm\u2019s principled position towards Alaksanfdar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime as she met Sweden\u2019s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Minister for EU Affairs Jessica Rosencrantz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The talks focused on regional politics and security, support for Belarusian civil society, ways to achieve the release of political prisoners as well potential new sanctions on Minsk to punish ongoing reprisals and human rights abuse, her aide Franak Via\u010dorka has told <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The politician also expressed gratitude to Sweden for supporting Belarusian initiatives, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cichano\u016dskaja arrived in Sweden yesterday. She lobbied Swedish MPs to expand cooperation with the Belarusian pro-democracy forces and attended a rally in support of Ukraine with Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard.<\/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\/06\/tihanovskaja_svecija_parlamentarii_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tihanovskaja_svecija_parlamentarii_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tihanovskaja_svecija_parlamentarii_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tihanovskaja_svecija_parlamentarii_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tihanovskaja_svecija_parlamentarii_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tihanovskaja_svecija_parlamentarii_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" 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 meets with Swedish MPs, foreign minister<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 16, Pozirk. \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has called on lawmakers in Sweden to sign a memorandum of cooperation with the Belarusian pro-democracy forces, she said on her Telegram account. A memorandum like the ones concluded with Polish and EU lawmakers would &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/142885\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 17, Pozirk. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has acknowledged\u00a0Stockholm\u2019s principled position towards Alaksanfdar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime as she met Sweden\u2019s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Minister for EU Affairs Jessica Rosencrantz. The talks focused on regional politics and security, support for Belarusian civil society, ways to achieve the release of political prisoners as well potential [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":143055,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-143062","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","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>Cichano\u016dskaja praises Sweden\u2019s principled stance on \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 17, Pozirk. 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