{"id":154867,"date":"2025-09-11T14:16:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T11:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154867\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lukasenka-accepts-credentials-from-slovak-ambassador-seven-others","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154867\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka accepts credentials from Slovak ambassador, seven others"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 11, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has accepted credentials handed by the ambassadors from Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, the Order of Malta, Slovakia, Sudan, the Vatican and Vietnam, his press office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian ruler singled out Slovakia&#8217;s Jozef Miga\u0161, describing him as &#8220;a long-time acquaintance and experienced statesman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe highly appreciate the independent course pursued by Bratislava. It is pursued courageously and with dignity, regardless of external pressure and threats. We discussed this with Prime Minister Robert Fico in Beijing,\u201d \u0141uka\u0161enka said, noting that he is looking forward to Fico&#8217;s visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fico reportedly asked \u0141uka\u0161enka to set a date for his visit to Minsk, as the two met in China earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141uka\u0161enka had met with Fico during the latter\u2019s previous tenure as prime minister in November 2016, when Slovakia held the presidency of the European Union. The Belarusian ruler then thanked Fico for helping him improve ties with the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slovakia and Hungary are the only two EU countries represented by ambassadors in Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miga\u0161 had served as ambassador to Belarus in 2016\u20132020. He resigned after the Slovak Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs had criticized him for participating in Victory Day celebrations in Minsk in 2020. \u0141uka\u0161enka awarded him the Order of Francysk Skaryna during a farewell meeting in Minsk later that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus closed its embassy in Bratislava in the fall of 2023, three years after its last ambassador to Slovakia, Ihar La\u0161\u010denia, who resigned in August 2020 in protest against vote rigging in Belarus\u2019 presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More like this: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/124118\/\">Ambassador Dapkiunas presents credentials to Slovak president<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 11, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has accepted credentials handed by the ambassadors from Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, the Order of Malta, Slovakia, Sudan, the Vatican and Vietnam, his press office reports. The Belarusian ruler singled out Slovakia&#8217;s Jozef Miga\u0161, describing him as &#8220;a long-time acquaintance and experienced statesman.\u201d \u201cWe highly appreciate the independent course pursued by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-154867","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>\u0141uka\u0161enka accepts credentials from Slovak ambassador, seven others | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 11, Pozirk. 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