{"id":170200,"date":"2025-12-31T17:03:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T14:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/170200\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"lukasenka-sends-new-years-greetings-to-trump-85-other-leaders","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/170200\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka sends New Year\u2019s greetings to Trump, 85 other leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/dvorets_nezavisimosti_lukashenko_press.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/dvorets_nezavisimosti_lukashenko_press.jpg 660w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/dvorets_nezavisimosti_lukashenko_press-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/dvorets_nezavisimosti_lukashenko_press-178x118.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(\u0141uka\u0161enka&#039;s press office)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 31,<em> Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has sent New Year\u2019s greetings to the leaders of 86 countries this year, up from 64 a year earlier, with most of the new additions from Africa, according to <em>Pozirk<\/em>\u2019s analysis of his website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The list features United States President Donald Trump, China&#8217;s ruler Xi Jinping, Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan from Turkey and Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141uka\u0161enka also included Hungarian and Slovakian leaders but omitted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Armenia&#8217;s President Vahagn Khachaturyan.<\/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\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_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\">Rights defender appeals to Trump administration to secure release of all Belarus\u2019 political prisoners<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 22,&nbsp;Pozirk. U\u0142adzimir \u0141abkovi\u010d, a prominent Belarusian human rights defender released and expelled from his country on December 13, has appealed to US President Donald Trump\u2019s administration to continue its effort to secure the release of more than 1,000 remaining &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/169260\">\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>December 31, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has sent New Year\u2019s greetings to the leaders of 86 countries this year, up from 64 a year earlier, with most of the new additions from Africa, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of his website. 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