{"id":166961,"date":"2025-12-05T12:31:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166961\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"norways-top-diplomat-belarus-will-remain-relevant-after-war-in-ukraine-ends","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166961\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway\u2019s foreign minister: Belarus to remain relevant after war in Ukraine ends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 5,<\/strong><em><strong> Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>Belarus will remain relevant even after the end of the war in Ukraine, Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide told the 32nd Ministerial Meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We need to remember both the sacrosanct nature of borders and the sovereign equality of states, but also the importance of the people who live in these states, of human rights and the human dimension to all these issues,&#8221; the Norwegian foreign ministry quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja represents these people, and her voice should be heard, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barth Eide met Cichano\u016dskaja four days ago in Oslo, where they discussed Ukraine peace talks and risks for Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian politician arrived in Vienna yesterday for the OSCE Ministerial&nbsp;Council at the invitation of Finland, which currently holds the OSCE chairmanship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/norvegija_flag_drahomir_hugo_posteby-mach_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/norvegija_flag_drahomir_hugo_posteby-mach_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/norvegija_flag_drahomir_hugo_posteby-mach_unsplash_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/norvegija_flag_drahomir_hugo_posteby-mach_unsplash_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/norvegija_flag_drahomir_hugo_posteby-mach_unsplash_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/norvegija_flag_drahomir_hugo_posteby-mach_unsplash_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Norway to allocate funds for Belarusian reprisal victims \u2013 opposition politician<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 2, Pozirk. Norway will allocate additional funding to support victims of politically-motivated reprisals in Belarus through the International Humanitarian Fund, opposition politician Franak Via\u010dorka told Pozirk. The announcement coincided with a visit by Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja to &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/166470\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 5, Pozirk. Belarus will remain relevant even after the end of the war in Ukraine, Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide told the 32nd Ministerial Meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna yesterday. &#8220;We need to remember both the sacrosanct nature of borders and the sovereign equality of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-166961","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>Norway\u2019s foreign minister: Belarus to remain relevant after war in Ukraine ends | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 5, Pozirk. 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