{"id":169568,"date":"2025-12-24T16:53:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T13:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/169568\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"kgb-working-to-prevent-opposition-government-dialogue-chief-says","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/169568\/","title":{"rendered":"KGB working to prevent opposition-government dialogue, chief says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tertel-belta-24-12.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tertel-belta-24-12.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tertel-belta-24-12-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tertel-belta-24-12-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tertel-belta-24-12-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tertel-belta-24-12-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(BelTA)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 24,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The Belarusian opposition\u2019s plan for a roundtable with authorities will never come true, Committee for State Security (KGB) chief Ivan Tertel told journalists from state media outlets on December 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He described the plan \u201ca Ukraine-like scenario,\u201d stressing that the KGB and other agencies are working to prevent it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opposition United Transitional Cabinet floated the idea of a national dialogue on August 9. The cabinet said that it was necessary to end the sociopolitical crisis in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe opponents\u2019 long-term plans\u201d remain the same, Tertel commented. \u201cMost importantly, they seek a geopolitical redivision in the region. Their accompanying goals is to change the constitutional system in Belarus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On August 22, the Belarusian leader said that negotiations with his opponents made no sense.<\/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\/tertel-news-by-st-k-POZ-20250622-2-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tertel-news-by-st-k-POZ-20250622-2-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tertel-news-by-st-k-POZ-20250622-2-734x487.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tertel-news-by-st-k-POZ-20250622-2-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tertel-news-by-st-k-POZ-20250622-2-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tertel-news-by-st-k-POZ-20250622-2.jpg 812w\" 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\">KGB chief: foreign intelligence network dismantled in Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 24, Pozirk. Belarusian security forces have dismantled a foreign intelligence network, Ivan Tertel, chief of the Committee for State Security (KGB), said today, Pul Pervogo, Alaksandar Lukasenka&#039;s unofficial Telegram channel reports. \u201cWith the help of certain individuals, technical equipment &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/169546\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 24,&nbsp;Pozirk. The Belarusian opposition\u2019s plan for a roundtable with authorities will never come true, Committee for State Security (KGB) chief Ivan Tertel told journalists from state media outlets on December 24. He described the plan \u201ca Ukraine-like scenario,\u201d stressing that the KGB and other agencies are working to prevent it. The opposition United Transitional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":169560,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-169568","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>KGB working to prevent opposition-government dialogue, chief says | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 24,&nbsp;Pozirk. 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