{"id":60789,"date":"2024-01-12T20:40:49","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T17:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=60789"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"pace-secretary-general-belarusian-people-are-not-the-regime","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/60789\/","title":{"rendered":"PACE secretary general: Belarusian people are not the regime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/helsinki-12.01.2023-tihanouskaya-1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/helsinki-12.01.2023-tihanouskaya-1128.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/helsinki-12.01.2023-tihanouskaya-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/helsinki-12.01.2023-tihanouskaya-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/helsinki-12.01.2023-tihanouskaya-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/helsinki-12.01.2023-tihanouskaya-1128-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        At the conference.\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Press office of \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 12, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s actions have forced the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to suspend its relations with Minsk, but &#8220;the people of Belarus are not the regime,&#8221; PACE Secretary General Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis told the Helsinki Dialogue conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PACE resolutions are &#8220;a sign of the solidarity and commitment of Council of Europe countries to help Belarusians seeking freedom, justice and dignity,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen &#8220;paid tribute to the courage of those working for a democratic Belarus,&#8221; according to the Council of Europe website. 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Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s actions have forced the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to suspend its relations with Minsk, but &#8220;the people of Belarus are not the regime,&#8221; PACE Secretary General Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis told the Helsinki Dialogue conference. PACE resolutions are &#8220;a sign of the solidarity and commitment of Council of Europe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":60752,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-60789","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>PACE secretary general: Belarusian people are not the regime | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 12, Pozirk. 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