{"id":92703,"date":"2024-06-26T14:29:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T11:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"opposition-foreign-policy-chief-kavaleuski-steps-down","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition foreign policy chief Kavale\u016dski steps down"},"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\/kovalevski-opk-1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kovalevski-opk-1128.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kovalevski-opk-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kovalevski-opk-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kovalevski-opk-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kovalevski-opk-1128-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(UTC)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 26, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> A key ally of opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has announced his resignation on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valer Kavale\u016dski, in charge of the foreign affairs, cited differences in the strategic vision and approaches to Belarusian politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bringing about democratic transition should prevail over the opposition&#8217;s international activities, he stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interactions with Belarusians, Belarusian businesses, political actors and civic initiatives represent a challenge yet they pave the way towards safeguarding Belarus\u2019 independence, restoring its sovereignty, establishing a constitutional order and ensuring democratic governance, Kavale\u016dski noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His resignation adds to uncertainties over the New Belarus passport project that he supervised.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opposition launched the ID project after Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka prohibited embassies from providing passport services and moved to strip his outspoken critics of their Belarusian citizenship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/tikhanouskaia_borrel_press-354x236.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/tikhanouskaia_borrel_press-354x236.jpeg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/tikhanouskaia_borrel_press-734x490.jpeg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/tikhanouskaia_borrel_press-178x118.jpeg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/tikhanouskaia_borrel_press-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/tikhanouskaia_borrel_press.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Borrell meets Cichano\u016dskaja, confirms EU solidarity<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 25, Pozirk. Josep Borrell, the EU&#039;s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, has thanked \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja for the work of pro-democracy forces at a meeting in Brussels. Borrell took to X to reiterate &quot;the EU&#039;s solidarity and &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/92639\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 26, Pozirk. A key ally of opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has announced his resignation on Facebook. Valer Kavale\u016dski, in charge of the foreign affairs, cited differences in the strategic vision and approaches to Belarusian politics. Bringing about democratic transition should prevail over the opposition&#8217;s international activities, he stressed. Interactions with Belarusians, Belarusian businesses, political [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":75068,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-92703","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>Opposition foreign policy chief Kavale\u016dski steps down | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 26, Pozirk. A key ally of opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has announced his resignation on Facebook. Valer Kavale\u016dski, in charge of the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Opposition foreign policy chief Kavale\u016dski steps down | Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"June 26, Pozirk. A key ally of opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has announced his resignation on Facebook. Valer Kavale\u016dski, in charge of the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/kovalevski_konf_bel_mira_POZ_1128x752_20240323.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1128\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"752\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Pozirk_online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/\"},\"headline\":\"Opposition foreign policy chief Kavale\u016dski steps down\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-26T11:29:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/\"},\"wordCount\":138,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/kovalevski_konf_bel_mira_POZ_1128x752_20240323.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/\",\"name\":\"Opposition foreign policy chief Kavale\u016dski steps down | Pozirk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/kovalevski_konf_bel_mira_POZ_1128x752_20240323.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-26T11:29:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00\",\"description\":\"June 26, Pozirk. A key ally of opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has announced his resignation on Facebook. Valer Kavale\u016dski, in charge of the\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/kovalevski_konf_bel_mira_POZ_1128x752_20240323.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/kovalevski_konf_bel_mira_POZ_1128x752_20240323.jpg\",\"width\":1128,\"height\":752},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Opposition foreign policy chief Kavale\u016dski steps down\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Pozirk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Opposition foreign policy chief Kavale\u016dski steps down | Pozirk","description":"June 26, Pozirk. A key ally of opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has announced his resignation on Facebook. Valer Kavale\u016dski, in charge of the","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Opposition foreign policy chief Kavale\u016dski steps down | Pozirk","og_description":"June 26, Pozirk. A key ally of opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has announced his resignation on Facebook. Valer Kavale\u016dski, in charge of the","og_url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/","og_site_name":"Pozirk","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","article_modified_time":"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1128,"height":752,"url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/kovalevski_konf_bel_mira_POZ_1128x752_20240323.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@Pozirk_online","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/"},"headline":"Opposition foreign policy chief Kavale\u016dski steps down","datePublished":"2024-06-26T11:29:53+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/"},"wordCount":138,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/kovalevski_konf_bel_mira_POZ_1128x752_20240323.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/","name":"Opposition foreign policy chief Kavale\u016dski steps down | Pozirk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/kovalevski_konf_bel_mira_POZ_1128x752_20240323.jpg","datePublished":"2024-06-26T11:29:53+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49+00:00","description":"June 26, Pozirk. A key ally of opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has announced his resignation on Facebook. Valer Kavale\u016dski, in charge of the","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/kovalevski_konf_bel_mira_POZ_1128x752_20240323.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/kovalevski_konf_bel_mira_POZ_1128x752_20240323.jpg","width":1128,"height":752},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92703\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Opposition foreign policy chief Kavale\u016dski steps down"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","name":"Pozirk","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization","name":"Pozirk","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Pozirk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/92703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rubric","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rubric?post=92703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}