{"id":173031,"date":"2026-01-26T11:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T08:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173031\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"zelensky-cichanouskaja-hold-bilateral-talks-in-vilnius","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/173031\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky, Cichano\u016dskaja hold bilateral talks in Vilnius"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zelenski-tikhanovskaya-vilnius-20260125-OST.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zelenski-tikhanovskaya-vilnius-20260125-OST.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zelenski-tikhanovskaya-vilnius-20260125-OST-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zelenski-tikhanovskaya-vilnius-20260125-OST-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zelenski-tikhanovskaya-vilnius-20260125-OST-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/zelenski-tikhanovskaya-vilnius-20260125-OST-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Volodymyr Zelensky, \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, Vilnius, January 25, 2026\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Cichano\u016dskaja&#039;s office)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 26, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Volodymyr Zelensky and Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja held their first bilateral talks in Vilnius yesterday after both participated in the January Uprising commemoration events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian politician expressed full support on behalf of the Belarusian people for Ukrainians fighting for freedom and praised the exceptional personal leadership of Zelensky, her office reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cichano\u016dskaja noted Ukrainian president&#8217;s support of democratic Belarus and dinstinguishing between the Belarusian people and the regime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She thanked Zelensky and his team for receiving the last group of released Belarusian dissidents in December 2025. The parties also discussed prisoner releases, next steps and Ukraine&#8217;s readiness to provide similar support in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other discussion topics included sanctions policy, joint strategy with European and American partners and bringing Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka to justice for human righs abuses, including for forced transfers of Ukrainian children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cichano\u016dskaja proposed the appointment of a special envoy to Belarus and advocated closer cooperation with the Belarusian pro-democracy forces\u2019 mission in Kyiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zelensky invited the Belarusian opposition leader to visit Ukraine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the politicians had met several times before at international events, their encounters were mostly limited to greetings.<\/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\/tsikhanouskaia_press-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tsikhanouskaia_press-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tsikhanouskaia_press-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tsikhanouskaia_press-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tsikhanouskaia_press-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tsikhanouskaia_press.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 attends top-level ceremony in Vilnius marking anniversary of 1963 anti-Russian uprising<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 25, Pozirk. Top politicians from Belarus, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine took part in a ceremony in Vilnius on January 25 marking the anniversary of the 1863 anti-Russian uprising in these lands. The 1863 uprising took place on the territory &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/172956\">\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 26, Pozirk. Volodymyr Zelensky and Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja held their first bilateral talks in Vilnius yesterday after both participated in the January Uprising commemoration events. The Belarusian politician expressed full support on behalf of the Belarusian people for Ukrainians fighting for freedom and praised the exceptional personal leadership of Zelensky, her office [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":172966,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-173031","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zelensky, Cichano\u016dskaja hold bilateral talks in Vilnius | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 26, Pozirk. 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