{"id":143217,"date":"2025-06-18T22:04:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T19:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143217\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"lukasenka-not-mediator-says-opposition-group","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143217\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka not mediator, says opposition group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 18, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The National Anti-Crisis Management (NAM) stated today that the release of political prisoners would be a positive outcome of Keith Kellogg\u2019s visit to Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, the Warsaw-based opposition group stressed that \u201cany contacts between representatives of democratic countries and [Alaksandar] \u0141uka\u0161enka cannot and must not mean the recognition of his legitimacy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said the only constructive way to resolve the political crisis is dialogue between the regime and the opposition. The regime may reject dialogue, calling its rivals \u201cextremists\u201d or \u201cterrorists,\u201d but its recalcitrance is inappropriate, the NAM said. The pro-democracy forces \u201chave foreign policy legitimacy and a recognized role in representing the interests of the democratically minded part of society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The organization also said that Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka \u201cis a co-aggressor in the war against Ukraine,\u201d dismissing his attempts to position himself as a peace broker as irrelevant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier today, <em>Reuters <\/em>reported that US President Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, may travel to Belarus in the coming days to meet with \u0141uka\u0161enka. The agenda is unclear, although Kellogg reportedly believes that the trip could help relaunch peace talks between Ukraine and Russia that remain stalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, planning such trips requires careful negotiations, so they may be cancelled or modified at the last minute.<\/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\/kit_kellog_abc_screen_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kit_kellog_abc_screen_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kit_kellog_abc_screen_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kit_kellog_abc_screen_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kit_kellog_abc_screen_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/kit_kellog_abc_screen_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Trump envoy may discuss Ukraine peace, political prisoners in Minsk<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 18, Pozirk. Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump&#039;s special envoy for Ukraine, may visit Belarus to meet Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka in the coming days, Reuters reported, citing four sources. The agenda is unclear, although Kellogg reportedly believes that the trip &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/143142\">\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>June 18, Pozirk. The National Anti-Crisis Management (NAM) stated today that the release of political prisoners would be a positive outcome of Keith Kellogg\u2019s visit to Belarus. At the same time, the Warsaw-based opposition group stressed that \u201cany contacts between representatives of democratic countries and [Alaksandar] \u0141uka\u0161enka cannot and must not mean the recognition of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":131593,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-143217","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>\u0141uka\u0161enka not mediator, says opposition group | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 18, Pozirk. 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