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We should strongly condemn them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s office released a statement to reassure Sinica that the Belarusian office is working to strengthen Lithuanian-Belarusian ties; \u201cappreciates the assistance of Lithuania, its government and people\u201d; and thanks Vilnius for its \u201clong-standing support of Belarusians fighting for peaceful democratic and European reforms in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It noted that Sinica\u2019s appeal \u201ccontains unreliable and false information and harms friendly relations between the Lithuanian and Belarusian peoples.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 23, Pozirk. Lithuania\u2019s conservative MP Vytautas Sinica has called on the foreign ministry to annual the accreditation granted in July 2021 to \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s office. The Seimas posted Sinica\u2019s appeal to Foreign Minister K\u0119stutis Budrys on its website yesterday. Sinica said the Belarusian pro-democracy forces were using the \u201cLithuanian hospitality and goodwill\u201d to create [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":121682,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-147910","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>Lithuanian MP demands Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s office closure, foreign minister says no | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 23, Pozirk. 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