{"id":181399,"date":"2026-03-28T19:34:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/181399\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T19:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:55:12","slug":"polish-diplomat-says-democracy-in-belarus-key-to-europes-security","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/181399\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish diplomat says democracy in Belarus key to Europe\u2019s security"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bartoszewski-tikhanovskaya-DW-20260327-POZ.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bartoszewski-tikhanovskaya-DW-20260327-POZ.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bartoszewski-tikhanovskaya-DW-20260327-POZ-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bartoszewski-tikhanovskaya-DW-20260327-POZ-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bartoszewski-tikhanovskaya-DW-20260327-POZ-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bartoszewski-tikhanovskaya-DW-20260327-POZ-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        W\u0142adys\u0142aw Bartoszewski and \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja   \n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 28, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Democracy in Belarus is of fundamental importance to Poland, the whole region and Europe, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister W\u0142adys\u0142aw Bartoszewski said at a reception in Warsaw yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event was organized by the Polish foreign ministry on the occasion of the 108th anniversary of the proclamation of Belarusian independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Warsaw would like to see free Belarusian people who will join the European Union and with whom Poland could have good bilateral relations, the official stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poland \u201cwill do everything possible to counter a situation in which the neo-imperial and neo-colonial ambitions of Russia, which treats Belarus as part of the \u2018Russian world,\u2019 are encouraged,\u201d he added. \u201cWe will never agree to this. We respect Belarus\u2019 sovereignty and the right of Belarusians to self-determination.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bartoszewski pointed out  the efforts to unite the Belarusian diaspora abroad, where people are able to live and work freely. \u201cAlthough you may hold different views, the fundamental goal of every Belarusian is to build a sovereign, independent, democratic Belarus as part of Europe,\u201d he said. \u201cBelarus cannot exist without a free Europe, just as a free Europe cannot exist without a free Belarus.\u201d<\/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\/tikhanovskaya-dw-priem-20260327-POZ-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tikhanovskaya-dw-priem-20260327-POZ-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tikhanovskaya-dw-priem-20260327-POZ-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tikhanovskaya-dw-priem-20260327-POZ-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tikhanovskaya-dw-priem-20260327-POZ-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/tikhanovskaya-dw-priem-20260327-POZ.jpg 1280w\" 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\">Opposition leader: Belarusians will not surrender their independence<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 28, Pozirk. Independence is the most precious thing any nation possesses, and Belarusians made great sacrifices to achieve it, opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja said in her address during a reception in Warsaw, marking the 108th anniversary of Belarusian independence. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/181386\">\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>March 28, Pozirk. Democracy in Belarus is of fundamental importance to Poland, the whole region and Europe, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister W\u0142adys\u0142aw Bartoszewski said at a reception in Warsaw yesterday. The event was organized by the Polish foreign ministry on the occasion of the 108th anniversary of the proclamation of Belarusian independence. 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