{"id":54284,"date":"2023-12-08T13:47:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T10:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=54284"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"usaid-to-open-belarusian-office-in-lithuania","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/54284\/","title":{"rendered":"USAID to open Belarusian office in Lithuania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mark-simakovsky-sa104479.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mark-simakovsky-sa104479.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mark-simakovsky-sa104479-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mark-simakovsky-sa104479-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mark-simakovsky-sa104479-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/mark-simakovsky-sa104479-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Mark Simakovsky\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(USAID)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 8, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The United States Agency for International Development will soon open a special office in Lithuania to support Belarusians, USAID deputy assistant administrator Mark Simakovsky told Belarusian journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>USAID has been supporting the Belarusian people for the past 20 years and continues to support Belarusian democratic forces, civil society and independent media, Simakovsky said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It helps Belarusian democratic forces maintain contact with the Belarusian people inside and outside Belarus, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, USAID has been running its Belarusian activities from Lithuania since officials in Minsk forced the agency to leave in October 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 8, Pozirk. The United States Agency for International Development will soon open a special office in Lithuania to support Belarusians, USAID deputy assistant administrator Mark Simakovsky told Belarusian journalists. USAID has been supporting the Belarusian people for the past 20 years and continues to support Belarusian democratic forces, civil society and independent media, Simakovsky [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":54246,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-54284","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>USAID to open Belarusian office in Lithuania | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 8, Pozirk. 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