Over the past month, the Office of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya focused on two key priorities: strengthening its presence in Poland and advancing international diplomacy at major European and transatlantic platforms. The month’s agenda centered on support for political prisoners, coordination among democratic forces, and promoting the Belarusian issue as part of regional security and the broader international agenda.
Below are the key developments from the Office of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.
- Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Office expanded its presence in Poland, holding meetings with Belarusian community spaces, former political prisoners, civic initiatives, the media community, and others.
- Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and advisors met with Maryia Kalesnikava and Viktar Babaryka to discuss strategic priorities, steps to strengthen the democratic forces, and ways to reinforce unity.
- A session of the “For a Democratic Belarus” Parliamentary Group was held in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, where the Mission of Democratic Belarus in Kyiv was presented.
- Dzianis Kuchynski visited Washington, D.C., attending a congressional hearing and holding meetings at the White House.
- Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and her team attended the Munich Security Conference. She held a series of meetings with international partners and joined discussions and side events.
- Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya participated in the Summit for Human Rights and Democracy in Geneva, delivering a speech on the current situation of Belarusians.
- Ms. Tsikhanouskaya took part in a side event at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and met with the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ruslan Stefanchuk.
- Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Petra Bayr. They discussed the participation of the Belarusian delegation in PACE sessions and preparations for upcoming Assembly meetings.
- Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya delivered a speech at a meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which brought together foreign ministers from 46 member states.
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