{"id":186456,"date":"2026-05-06T09:56:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T06:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/186456\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T09:56:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T06:56:46","slug":"minsk-hands-note-of-protest-over-cichanouskajas-yerevan-visit","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/186456\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk hands note of protest over Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s Yerevan visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"544\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/belarus_armenia_mid.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/belarus_armenia_mid.jpg 544w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/belarus_armenia_mid-354x234.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/belarus_armenia_mid-178x118.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(MFA)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 6, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Minsk handed a note of protest to Armenian Charge d\u2019Affaires Artur Sargsian yesterday over opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s visit to Yerevan on May 4 and 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian foreign ministry described the visit as \u201cunfriendly actions by the Armenian side.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cichano\u016dskaja went into exile in 2020 shortly after challenging the official result of Belarus\u2019 presidential election, which awarded victory to Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka with just over 80 percent. Cichano\u016dskaja claimed to have won a first-round victory with around 60 percent, citing an independent vote tally. International and domestic observers labelled the election as neither free nor fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cichano\u016dskaja met with a number of country leaders in Yerevan, including Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.<\/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\/05\/tsikhanouskaia_fico_screen-354x236.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tsikhanouskaia_fico_screen-354x236.png 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tsikhanouskaia_fico_screen-178x118.png 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tsikhanouskaia_fico_screen.png 517w\" 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\">Belarus\u2019 opposition leader meets with Armenian, Slovak and Canadian prime ministers in Yerevan<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 5, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja met with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on the sidelines of the European Political Community Summit in Yerevan on May 4, her press office reported. Cichano\u016dskaja said &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/186292\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 6, Pozirk. Minsk handed a note of protest to Armenian Charge d\u2019Affaires Artur Sargsian yesterday over opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s visit to Yerevan on May 4 and 5. The Belarusian foreign ministry described the visit as \u201cunfriendly actions by the Armenian side.\u201d Cichano\u016dskaja went into exile in 2020 shortly after challenging the official result [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":186429,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-186456","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>Minsk hands note of protest over Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s Yerevan visit | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 6, Pozirk. 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