{"id":53428,"date":"2023-12-05T13:32:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T10:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=53428"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"opposition-leaders-team-pledges-to-defend-belarusians-interests-abroad","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/53428\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition leader\u2019s team pledges to defend Belarusians\u2019 interests abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 5, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The office of \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja prompted the Lithuanian Seimas to schedule hearings on Belarusian emigrants for December 14, the opposition leader\u2019s aide Anatol Labied\u017aka has told <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parliamentary committees, including the national security committee headed by Laurynas Kas\u010di\u016bnas who advocates harsher restrictions for Belarusians, may attend the hearing, Labied\u017aka said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cichano\u016dskaja, her team and representatives of the Belarusian political parties are likely to participate, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting on the recent proposal by Lithuanian MPs to restrict the issue of residence permits to Belarusians in Lithuania, Labied\u017aka noted that the office will do everything possible to make Belarusians feel welcome in any European country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lithuanian security services and some MPs reportedly support new restrictions, while Lithuania&#8217;s prime minister, the Seimas speaker and a large number of MPs oppose the proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lithuanian politicians are struggling for popular support ahead of the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections, so they often engage in populism, Labied\u017aka stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On December 4, Kas\u010di\u016bnas and two other MPs submitted the proposal on new restrictions for Belarusian nationals to the Seimas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 5, Pozirk. The office of \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja prompted the Lithuanian Seimas to schedule hearings on Belarusian emigrants for December 14, the opposition leader\u2019s aide Anatol Labied\u017aka has told Pozirk. Parliamentary committees, including the national security committee headed by Laurynas Kas\u010di\u016bnas who advocates harsher restrictions for Belarusians, may attend the hearing, Labied\u017aka said. Cichano\u016dskaja, her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-53428","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>Opposition leader\u2019s team pledges to defend Belarusians\u2019 interests abroad | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 5, Pozirk. 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