{"id":187757,"date":"2026-05-16T12:40:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/187757\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T12:46:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:46:40","slug":"kyiv-appoints-envoy-for-relations-with-belarus-pro-democracy-forces","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/187757\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyiv appoints envoy for relations with Belarus\u2019 pro-democracy forces"},"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\/05\/chornogor-belsat.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chornogor-belsat.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chornogor-belsat-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chornogor-belsat-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chornogor-belsat-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chornogor-belsat-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Yaroslav Chornohor\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Belsat)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 16, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha appointed Yaroslav Chornohor as foreign ministry\u2019s Ambassador-at-Large to oversee relations with Belarusian pro-democracy forces, <em>pravda.com.ua<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The appointment has not yet been officially announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A historian by training, Chornohor had previously served as a director of the Russian and Belarusian Studies program at the Ukrainian Prism think tank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky instructed the foreign ministry to appoint an envoy for relations with Belarus\u2019 pro-democracy forces following his meeting with Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja on January 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, \u015aviat\u0142ana \u0160acilina, representative of the Belarusian opposition in Kyiv, told <em>Pozirk<\/em> that the Belarusian opposition prepared a draft memorandum on cooperation with Ukraine.<\/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\/2025\/09\/zelenskiy_tg-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/zelenskiy_tg-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/zelenskiy_tg-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/zelenskiy_tg-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/zelenskiy_tg-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/zelenskiy_tg.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Zelensky: Russia planning possible Belarus-based offensive on Ukraine or NATO<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 15, Pozirk. Ukrainian intelligence has detected attempts to persuade Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka \u201cto join new Russian aggressive operations,\u201d Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said on Telegram, following a meeting with Ukraine\u2019s top military officials. Zelensky warned that there are plans &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/187702\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\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\/sibiga_tsn_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sibiga_tsn_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sibiga_tsn_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sibiga_tsn_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sibiga_tsn_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sibiga_tsn_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" 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\">Ukraine welcomes milestone agreement on special tribunal against Russia and Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 15, Pozirk. Thirty-seven countries have approved the Enlarged Partial Agreement required for the launch of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine, the country\u2019s foreign ministry announced on May 15, quoting Minister Andrii Sybiha as saying. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/187659\">\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>May 16, Pozirk. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha appointed Yaroslav Chornohor as foreign ministry\u2019s Ambassador-at-Large to oversee relations with Belarusian pro-democracy forces, pravda.com.ua reported. The appointment has not yet been officially announced. A historian by training, Chornohor had previously served as a director of the Russian and Belarusian Studies program at the Ukrainian Prism think [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":187733,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-187757","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>Kyiv appoints envoy for relations with Belarus\u2019 pro-democracy forces | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 16, Pozirk. 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