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  • Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with the Irish Foreign Minister and discussed support for the Belarusian language, student exchanges, and assistance to civil society

    February 18, 2023

    On the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya held a meeting with Micheál Martin, former prime minister and current foreign minister of Ireland. Ms. Tsikhanouskaya called on Ireland to support initiatives for the release and rehabilitation of political prisoners, projects to strengthen national identity, the work of the Contact Group on Belarus within the Council of Europe, as well as Irish embassy projects directed towards Belarus in Vilnius.

    In addition, work is currently underway to lift the visa restrictions for Belarusians, which Ireland introduced after Russia invaded Ukraine.

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