{"id":64164,"date":"2024-01-31T13:59:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T10:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=64164"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"opposition-politician-urges-austrian-mps-to-harmonize-sanctions-against-minsk-moscow","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/64164\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition politician urges Austrian MPs to harmonize sanctions against Minsk, Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/latushko_austria_OPK.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/latushko_austria_OPK.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/latushko_austria_OPK-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/latushko_austria_OPK-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/latushko_austria_OPK-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/latushko_austria_OPK-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Opposition transition cabinet)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 31, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian pro-democracy forces have made the European Union its geopolitical choice, Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka of the opposition transition cabinet told Austrian MPs in Vienna during a round table event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I urge you to support this choice, keep expanding and strengthening cooperation of the EU institutions with [the Belarusian] democratic forces,&#8221; the transition cabinet\u2019s press office quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The politician noted continued pressure on political prisoners in Belarus, harassment of their family members and the unprecedented 136,000 reprisal victims since 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also mentioned opposition politician Mika\u0142aj Statkievi\u010d, serving a 14-year prison term in a politically-motivated case, and the recent arrest of his wife Maryna Adamovi\u010d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141atu\u0161ka urged the Austrian MPs to offer Belarusian society an alternative to the &#8220;Russian world,&#8221; based on a common strategy for democratic peace in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The strategy should involve criminal prosecution of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and his accomplices, tighter sanctions and support for Belarus\u2019 European aspirations, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Austrian MP Ewa Ernst-Dziedzic, Helmut Brandst\u00e4tter of the parliamentary group for relations with Belarus and Christoph Matznetter of the foreign affairs committee, attended the meeting among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n                                <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Austria to downgrade its diplomatic mission in Belarus to charg\u00e9 d&#039;affaires, opposition politician says<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 3, BPN. The Austrian ambassador will not present credentials to Aliaksandr Luka\u0161enka and Austria will downgrade its diplomatic mission in Belarus to charg\u00e9 d&#039;affaires, ex-ambassador Pavel Latu\u0161ka, head of the Belarusian opposition&#039;s National Anti-crisis Management (NAM), said on May &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/42096\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 31, Pozirk. 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