{"id":172435,"date":"2026-01-21T11:19:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T08:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/172435\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"spain-to-recognize-expired-belarusian-passports","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/172435\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain to recognize expired Belarusian passports"},"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\/2023\/12\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 21, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Spain is committed to protecting human rights in Belarus and will recognize expired Belarusian passports, according to a document with relevant instructions shared by the team of Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The document, issued two days ago, cited Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s edict signed in September 2023 that prohibits Belarusian missions abroad from providing passport services to Belarusians. The measure was designed to force exiled Belarusians, around 6,000 in Spain alone, to return to Belarus to obtain or renew their passports, despite the real risk of arrests for political reasons, it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spain will become the seventh European Union country, after Austria, Cyprus, Lithuania, France, Sweden and Estonia, to recognize expired Belarusian passports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cichano\u016dskaja lobbied for these regulations during her visit to Madrid in June 2025.<\/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\/2026\/01\/kuchinskij_martines_belio_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kuchinskij_martines_belio_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kuchinskij_martines_belio_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kuchinskij_martines_belio_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kuchinskij_martines_belio_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kuchinskij_martines_belio_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus\u2019 pro-democracy forces plan to open mission in Spain<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 19, Pozirk. Dzianis Ku\u010dynski met with Diego Martinez Belio, Span\u2019s state secretary for foreign affairs, in Madrid last week to discuss issues facing Belarusians living in the country. In particular, the Belarusian opposition politician asked Madrid to recognize the &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/172166\">\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>January 21, Pozirk. Spain is committed to protecting human rights in Belarus and will recognize expired Belarusian passports, according to a document with relevant instructions shared by the team of Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja. 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