{"id":111823,"date":"2024-10-30T14:23:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T11:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/111823\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"denmark-iceland-appoint-special-envoys-for-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/111823\/","title":{"rendered":"Denmark, Iceland appoint special envoys for Belarus"},"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\/10\/tih-franak-30-10.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tih-franak-30-10.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tih-franak-30-10-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tih-franak-30-10-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tih-franak-30-10-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tih-franak-30-10-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja at her meeting with Nordic countries&#039; diplomats\r\n\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(\u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja&#039;s press office)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 30, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Denmark and Iceland have appointed special envoys for Belarus with other Nordic countries expected to follow suit, said opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iceland named Hermann Ing\u00f3lfsson, permanent representative to NATO, and Denmark appointed Grete Sillasen, ambassador to Lithuania. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keeping Belarus high on the international agenda remains a priority for the Nordic Council countries, Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard told reporters in Reykjavik yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The press conference was held after Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s meeting with top diplomats, including the foreign ministers of Norway, Finland, Iceland, Denmark and the Faroe Islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The foreign minister of Sweden, which chairs the Nordic Council, said the allies will appoint coordinators for contacts with the Belarusian pro-democracy movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stenergard stressed her concern about the &#8220;grave human rights situation in Belarus&#8221; and noted that she had discussed with her counterparts support for the International Humanitarian Fund for Political Prisoners in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cichano\u016dskaja was one of two special guests at the Nordic Council session, the other being Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opposition leader is visiting Iceland on October 28\u201331.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n                                <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\">Cichano\u016dskaja calls on Nordic leaders to support Belarusian agenda in EU, NATO<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 29, Pozirk. Opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has called on Nordic heads of government to be the champions of the Belarusian agenda in the European Union (EU) and NATO. She met today in Reykjav\u00edk with Prime Ministers Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/111767\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 30, Pozirk. Denmark and Iceland have appointed special envoys for Belarus with other Nordic countries expected to follow suit, said opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s office. Iceland named Hermann Ing\u00f3lfsson, permanent representative to NATO, and Denmark appointed Grete Sillasen, ambassador to Lithuania. &nbsp; Keeping Belarus high on the international agenda remains a priority for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":111819,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-111823","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>Denmark, Iceland appoint special envoys for Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 30, Pozirk. 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