{"id":56798,"date":"2023-12-21T13:41:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T10:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=56798"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"diplomats-from-baltic-countries-germany-discuss-support-for-belarus-opposition","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/56798\/","title":{"rendered":"Diplomats from Baltic countries, Germany discuss support for Belarus&#8217; opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Lit_Lat_Est_Ger_URM_lt_Vost_Part_744.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Lit_Lat_Est_Ger_URM_lt_Vost_Part_744.jpg 744w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Lit_Lat_Est_Ger_URM_lt_Vost_Part_744-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Lithuanian foreign ministry)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 21, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Diplomats from the Baltic counties and Germany in charge of the European Union&#8217;s Eastern Neighborhood Policy met this week in Vilnius to discuss efforts to isolate the governments of Belarus and Russia among other issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The diplomats agreed on the need to continue supporting Belarusian pro-democracy forces and to pay more attention to the plight of political prisoners, the Lithuanian foreign ministry&#8217;s press office reported on December 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Condemning Russia&#8217;s continued war against Ukraine, the diplomats discussed ways to help Ukraine and stressed that Belarus remains on the EU agenda, it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus and Lithuania together resist Russia&#8217;s imperial ambitions and strive for a common future in the EU, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja said on December 14 at a briefing discussing committee hearings in the Lithuanian Seimas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 21, Pozirk. 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