{"id":45564,"date":"2023-01-31T21:46:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T18:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/cichanouskaja-discusses-potential-us-visit-with-state-department-official\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"cichanouskaja-discusses-potential-us-visit-with-state-department-official","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45564\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja discusses potential US visit with State Department official"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>January 31, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja and US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Robin Dunnigan met in Vilnius on January 30 to discuss Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s visit to Washington, D.C., expected in the spring of 2023.<\/p>\n<p> Cichano\u016dskaja received an invitation to speak at \u201ca democracy summit organized by President Joe Biden,\u201d the Belarusian politician\u2019s office told <span>BPN<\/span>. She may have \u201chigh-level meetings with representatives of the US government\u201d during the visit.<\/p>\n<p> Cichano\u016dskaja told Dunnigan about \u201cpolitical prisoners, prison conditions, the latest trials, and the persecution of journalists and activists.\u201d The Belarusian politician also shared her view&nbsp;on &#8220;Belarusian troops\u2019&nbsp;possible entry into the war against Ukraine,\u201d noting that \u201cit is a priority for the democratic forces to prevent it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> The US diplomat reportedly assured Cichano\u016dskaja of \u201cunequivocal support for the Belarusian democratic forces\u201d and announced the appointment of a special envoy for Belarus who will&nbsp;work with its democratic movement.<\/p>\n<p> During the meeting, they also discussed designing a new \u201cproactive\u201d strategy for Belarus and the prospects for an \u201cintergovernmental meeting of partner countries supporting the democratic forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> The office said the new strategy \u201ccould include measures to protect the independence of Belarus, get Russian troops out of it, further isolate the [Alaksandr] \u0141uka\u0161enka regime and support democratic change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> In addition, Cichano\u016dskaja and Dunnigan discussed \u201cjoint action to prevent the regime from joining the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member,\u201d and touched on the Belarusian opposition\u2019s participation in the UN General Assembly and G7 events.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, the US Embassy in Minsk reported that Dunnigan assured Cichano\u016dskaja that the US support for Belarus\u2019 democracy and sovereignty \u201cremains as strong as ever.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 31, BPN. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja and US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Robin Dunnigan met in Vilnius on January 30 to discuss Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s visit to Washington, D.C., expected in the spring of 2023. Cichano\u016dskaja received an invitation to speak at \u201ca democracy summit organized by President Joe Biden,\u201d the Belarusian politician\u2019s office [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45564","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 discusses potential US visit with State Department official | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 31, BPN. 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