{"id":43670,"date":"2022-09-08T18:13:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T15:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/cichanouskajas-aide-council-of-europes-contact-group-for-belarus-unprecedented\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"cichanouskajas-aide-council-of-europes-contact-group-for-belarus-unprecedented","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43670\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s aide: Council of Europe\u2019s contact group for Belarus unprecedented"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>September 8, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The creation by the Council of Europe of a contact group on cooperation with Belarusian democratic forces and civil society is an \u201cunprecedented decision,\u201d \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s elections aide Alaksandr \u0160\u0142yk has told <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p> The group\u2019s main focus would be on \u201cimplementing projects and programs for interaction with Belarusian civil society,\u201d \u0160\u0142yk said. \u201cThe contact group is expected to start working within a month to month-and-a-half.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja said the group&#8217;s establishment on September 8 was&nbsp;an \u201cimportant step towards returning Belarusians to the international arena.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cNow we will have our own platform in the Council of Europe,\u201d Cichano\u016dskaja said. \u201cWe could raise the issues of our independence, political prisoners and law and order through it. Our ultimate goal is Belarus\u2019 accession to the Council of Europe. The contact group\u2019s creation is the first step on this path.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> Belarus has not been admitted to the Council of Europe because it continues to use the death penalty. However, Minsk engaged with the Council on various issues, before the latter suspended&nbsp;all contacts with the Belarusian authorities in March 2022 over Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s support of Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>The Council of Europe is set to maintain and enhance relations with Belarusian civil society and the opposition in exile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 8, BPN. The creation by the Council of Europe of a contact group on cooperation with Belarusian democratic forces and civil society is an \u201cunprecedented decision,\u201d \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s elections aide Alaksandr \u0160\u0142yk has told BPN. The group\u2019s main focus would be on \u201cimplementing projects and programs for interaction with Belarusian civil society,\u201d \u0160\u0142yk said. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-43670","articles","type-articles","status-publish","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\u2019s aide: Council of Europe\u2019s contact group for Belarus unprecedented | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 8, BPN. 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