{"id":160182,"date":"2025-10-15T20:19:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T17:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/160182\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"sweden-appoints-charge-daffaires-to-belarus-2","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/160182\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden appoints charg\u00e9 d&#8217;affaires to Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vigemark_posolstvo_svetsii_fb.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vigemark_posolstvo_svetsii_fb.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vigemark_posolstvo_svetsii_fb-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vigemark_posolstvo_svetsii_fb-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vigemark_posolstvo_svetsii_fb-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vigemark_posolstvo_svetsii_fb-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vigemark_posolstvo_svetsii_fb-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n        Facebook         <span>(Swedish embassy in Belarus)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 15, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Sweden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EmbassyofSwedeninMinsk\/posts\/pfbid02JRBkfGpyjZBhMEHZiNJTpZ7oqCFPtE1Q1J7YB4VMFEb4yVa4KFevDDXeKPs9N4uNl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">has appointed<\/a> Lars-Gunnar Wigemark as charg\u00e9 d&#8217;affaires to Belarus and head of mission at the Minsk embassy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the embassy, Wigemark used to work in the EU diplomatic service\u2014as head of the EU delegation and special envoy to Bosnia and Herzegovina and as head of the delegation to Pakistan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also worked at the Embassy of Sweden in Moscow, at the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the EU in Brussels and at the missions in Washington (USA) and Belgrade (Serbia).<\/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-sweden-17-06-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"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, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tihanovskaja-sweden-17-06.jpg 1127w\" 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 praises Sweden\u2019s principled stance on \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">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 &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/143062\">\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>October 15, Pozirk. Sweden has appointed Lars-Gunnar Wigemark as charg\u00e9 d&#8217;affaires to Belarus and head of mission at the Minsk embassy. According to the embassy, Wigemark used to work in the EU diplomatic service\u2014as head of the EU delegation and special envoy to Bosnia and Herzegovina and as head of the delegation to Pakistan. 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