On April 2, the democratic forces of Belarus held a series of meetings in the offices of the Polish Prime Minister and President, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Polish Parliament, and with the diplomatic community. They discussed aid for independent media, support for the Belarusian diaspora in Poland, and regional security issues.
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Diplomatic Advisor, Dzianis Kuchynski, met with Paweł Graś, who heads the Political Cabinet of Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk. They discussed regional security, joint initiatives during Poland’s Presidency of the EU Council, outcomes of the Kościuszko Forum, and the meeting of EU ministers for European affairs.
Mr. Kuchynski held meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. With the Deputy Director of the Eastern Department at the MFA, Anna Kostrzewa-Misztal, and the Foreign Minister’s Plenipotentiary for Cooperation with Belarus’ Democratic Forces, Adam Hałaciński, they agreed to hold the first session of the Interministerial Working Group in May to address issues of legal stay, visas, residence permits, and international protection for Belarusians in Poland.
Dzianis Kuchynski also met with the Director of the International Policy Bureau at the President’s Office, Marcin Łapczyński. As a result of the meeting, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya was invited to the 10th Summit of the Three Seas Initiative. The event will be held in Warsaw and will focus on the geopolitical and economic issues in Central and Eastern Europe.
Pavel Latushka and Dzianis Kuchynski met with ambassadors of France, the United Kingdom, and Germany to the OSCE. The parties discussed continued cooperation, while the Belarusian side expressed gratitude for the joint statement denouncing the regime’s January sham election.
Dzianis Kuchynski and Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Advisor on Parliamentary Cooperation, Anatoli Liabedzka, also held meetings with MPs Aleksandra Uznańska-Wiśniewska, Ryszard Petru, and Robert Tyszkiewicz. They discussed a potential Polish resolution on non-recognition of the sham election that took place in Belarus in January, a possible cooperation agreement between Belarus’ democratic forces and the Polish Parliament, improved legal regulations affecting the Belarusian diaspora, and the legal review of the New Belarus Constitution involving the Venice Commission.
The Polish Sejm adopted an important resolution in support of Belarus. This will help strengthen ties between Poland and Belarus and support democratic change.
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya thanks the members of parliament – especially the Foreign Affairs Committee, its Chair Paweł Kowal, and MPs Aleksandra Uznańska-Wiśniewska and Marcin Bosacki:
“Your solidarity gives us strength and hope in our fight for freedom. We will not stop until Belarus becomes a free and independent European country!”
