{"id":195665,"date":"2026-07-14T15:40:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/195665\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T15:40:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:40:59","slug":"cichanouskaja-grateful-to-macron-and-france-for-supporting-free-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/195665\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja grateful to Macron and France for supporting free Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 14, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>France\u2019s history is a reminder that even the strongest walls of tyranny can fall when people unite for freedom, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has said in her congratulatory message to French President Emmanuel Macron and the people of France on Bastille Day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThank you for standing with us on our path to a free Belarus,\u201d she also noted in a post on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By contrast, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s greeting was addressed only to \u201cordinary citizens of France,\u201d a formula it routinely uses in messages to so-called \u201cunfriendly\u201d countries. The Belarusian ruler maintained his antagonistic stance despite President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s phone call with the Belarusian ruler in late May and the subsequent visit to Minsk by France\u2019s intelligence chief.<\/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\/07\/eifel_bashnia_parizh_POZ_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eifel_bashnia_parizh_POZ_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eifel_bashnia_parizh_POZ_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eifel_bashnia_parizh_POZ_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eifel_bashnia_parizh_POZ_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/eifel_bashnia_parizh_POZ_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\">Belarusian ruler\u2019s office remains antagonistic toward French leaders despite high-level contacts<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 14, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s press office has maintained its antagonistic stance toward the French leadership despite President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s phone call with the Belarusian ruler in May and the subsequent visit to Minsk by France\u2019s intelligence chief. In its &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/195581\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 14, Pozirk. France\u2019s history is a reminder that even the strongest walls of tyranny can fall when people unite for freedom, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has said in her congratulatory message to French President Emmanuel Macron and the people of France on Bastille Day \u201cThank you for standing with us on our path [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":96366,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-195665","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 grateful to Macron and France for supporting free Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 14, Pozirk. 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