{"id":179199,"date":"2026-03-12T21:45:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/179199\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T12:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T09:23:09","slug":"cichanouskaja-meets-with-latvian-president","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/179199\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja meets with Latvian president"},"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\/2026\/03\/tihanovskaja_rinkevichs_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tihanovskaja_rinkevichs_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tihanovskaja_rinkevichs_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tihanovskaja_rinkevichs_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tihanovskaja_rinkevichs_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tihanovskaja_rinkevichs_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Cichano\u016dskaja&#039;s press office) <\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 12, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus\u2019 opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja met with Latvian President Edgars Rink\u0113vi\u010ds in Riga on March 12 to discuss coordinated efforts within North-Baltic Eight (NB8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The politicians discussed sanctions, support for political prisoners expelled from Belarus and the Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka government\u2019s role in Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine, support for the local Belarusian community, Belarusian language and culture, according to Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s press office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NB8 consists of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden.<\/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\/03\/beliacki_morozov_turk_st_tg_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/beliacki_morozov_turk_st_tg_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/beliacki_morozov_turk_st_tg_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/beliacki_morozov_turk_st_tg_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/beliacki_morozov_turk_st_tg_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/beliacki_morozov_turk_st_tg_1128x752.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Nobel laureate Bialacki, Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s adviser meet with UN rights commissioner<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 12, Pozirk. Nobel Peace Prize winner Ale\u015b Bialacki (Ales Bialiatski) and \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s legal adviser Leanid Maroza\u016d had a meeting with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker T\u00fcrk in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 12, to discuss Belarus\u2019 human &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/179142\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 12, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja met with Latvian President Edgars Rink\u0113vi\u010ds in Riga on March 12 to discuss coordinated efforts within North-Baltic Eight (NB8). The politicians discussed sanctions, support for political prisoners expelled from Belarus and the Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka government\u2019s role in Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine, support for the local Belarusian community, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":179196,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-179199","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>Cichano\u016dskaja meets with Latvian president | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 12, Pozirk. 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