{"id":7511,"date":"2023-10-24T12:49:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T09:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=7511"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarusian-diplomat-equates-annexed-crimea-to-russian-provinces","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/7511\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian diplomat equates annexed Crimea to Russian provinces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 24, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarus will work with Crimea &#8220;in the same way as with other Russian provinces,&#8221; <em>TASS <\/em>reported citing Alaksandar \u0160pako\u016dski, a propaganda worker recently appointed as a counsellor to the Belarusian embassy in Russia.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus has &#8220;significantly intensified contacts&#8221; with Crimea, he told the participants at the Yalta International Forum in Moscow in a comment about Minsk&#8217;s relations with the Russian-held Ukrainian peninsula. Minsk is interested in boosting manufacturing, logistics, and tourism ties and using Crimea&#8217;s ports, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus &#8220;understands Russia&#8217;s motives and shares the goals&#8221; of the Russian war against Ukraine, he said, noting that Minsk &#8220;has not abandoned efforts to achieve peace among the East Slavic peoples&#8221; while adhering to &#8220;its allied obligations.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four days ago, a bus service connected the Russia-held Crimea to Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia occupied Ukraine\u2019s peninsula in 2014. In November 2021, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka described Crimea as Russia\u2019s de facto and de jure territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 24, Pozirk. Belarus will work with Crimea &#8220;in the same way as with other Russian provinces,&#8221; TASS reported citing Alaksandar \u0160pako\u016dski, a propaganda worker recently appointed as a counsellor to the Belarusian embassy in Russia.\u00a0 Belarus has &#8220;significantly intensified contacts&#8221; with Crimea, he told the participants at the Yalta International Forum in Moscow in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":7477,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-7511","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarusian diplomat equates annexed Crimea to Russian provinces | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 24, Pozirk. 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