{"id":167299,"date":"2025-12-08T21:35:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T18:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167299\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"eu-to-stick-to-its-strategy-of-supporting-belarusians-isolating-regime-foreign-policy-chief","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167299\/","title":{"rendered":"EU to stick to its strategy of supporting Belarusians, isolating regime\u2014foreign policy chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 8,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;The European Union sticks to its strategy of supporting the people of Belarus and isolating its regime, including through additional sanctions, the bloc\u2019s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said on December 8 at a high-level conference at the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference, \u201cBelarus: Building Foundations for Democratic Change\u201d brought together Belarusian pro-democracy politicians, EU officials, MEPs, legal experts and representatives of international organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are working to expand sanctions, Kallas said, pointing out that the Belarusians can count on the EU for pressure on the authorities, protection and help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos, speaking at the conference earlier the same day, announced that the EU will allocate an additional \u20ac30 million to help the people of Belarus next year, taking the total of its support to over \u20ac200 million since 2020.<\/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\/12\/marta_kos_screen_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/marta_kos_screen_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/marta_kos_screen_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/marta_kos_screen_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/marta_kos_screen_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/marta_kos_screen_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\">Commissioner Kos: EU to allocate \u20ac30 million to promote democracy in Belarus \u00a0<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 8, Pozirk. The European Union will allocate an additional \u20ac30 million to help the people of Belarus next year, taking the total of its support to over \u20ac200 million since 2020, EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos has announced &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/167255\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 8,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;The European Union sticks to its strategy of supporting the people of Belarus and isolating its regime, including through additional sanctions, the bloc\u2019s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said on December 8 at a high-level conference at the European Parliament. The conference, \u201cBelarus: Building Foundations for Democratic Change\u201d brought together Belarusian pro-democracy politicians, EU [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":159346,"template":"","rubric":[14,30],"class_list":["post-167299","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EU to stick to its strategy of supporting Belarusians, isolating regime\u2014foreign policy chief | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 8,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;The European Union sticks to its strategy of supporting the people of Belarus and isolating its regime, including through\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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