{"id":89686,"date":"2024-06-09T17:14:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T14:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/89686\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"cichanouskaja-goes-to-united-states-next-week","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/89686\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja goes to United States next week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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June 9, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja will visit Washington on June 11-13, her chief aide Franak Via\u010dorka told Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to him, meetings are planned with officials at the White House, Department of State and both houses of Congress, as well as with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian politician will hold talks with Phil Gordon, national security adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris, and Erin Elizabeth McKee, assistant administrator at USAID. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cichano\u016dskaja will also discuss political prisoners at the US Helsinki Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will be her sixth trip to the country. During her last visit in December she met with diplomat Stephen Biegun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian opposition politician met with US President Joe Biden in July 2021 and 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September 2022, she attended UN General Assembly events and in March 2023 visited the United States at the invitation of Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On June 7, the US Congress released a draft Belarus Democracy Act of 2024. The bill contains a number of clauses on developments before and after the 2020 presidential election in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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