{"id":185959,"date":"2026-05-02T19:18:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T16:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/185959\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T19:18:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T16:18:38","slug":"latuska-critical-of-us-invitation-for-lukasenka","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/185959\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141atu\u0161ka critical of US invitation for \u0141uka\u0161enka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/latushko-konfer-warszawa-20260502-kanal-ST-POZ.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/latushko-konfer-warszawa-20260502-kanal-ST-POZ.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/latushko-konfer-warszawa-20260502-kanal-ST-POZ-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/latushko-konfer-warszawa-20260502-kanal-ST-POZ-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/latushko-konfer-warszawa-20260502-kanal-ST-POZ-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/latushko-konfer-warszawa-20260502-kanal-ST-POZ-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Cichano\u016dskaja&#039;s YouTube channel \/ Still by Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 2, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> United States officials still want to invite Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka for a visit despite advice from Belarusian pro-democracy forces against such a move, deputy head of the\u00a0opposition transition cabinet Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka has told a diaspora conference in Warsaw. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian ruler does not deserve the invitation as he is a \u201cthug, who committed crimes against Ukrainian orphans, by displacing them to Belarus and letting them be adopted in Russia,\u201d he said, also listing crimes against humanity and the Belarusian people along with Minsk&#8217;s assistance in Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141uka\u0161enka is not changing his policies just because he recently released journalist Andrej Pa\u010dobut, Latu\u0161ka stressed, commenting on the recent developments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>US President Donald Trump has repeatedly invited \u0141uka\u0161enka to Washington. Earlier this year, the Belarusian politician decided against traveling to Washington for the first meeting of Trump\u2019s Board of Peace because of European air traffic restrictions for Belarus.<\/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\/2025\/08\/tramp_lukashenko_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tramp_lukashenko_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tramp_lukashenko_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tramp_lukashenko_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tramp_lukashenko_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tramp_lukashenko_1128x752-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tramp_lukashenko_1128x752.jpg 1620w\" 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\">Trump notes prisoner release in Belarus, says \u0141uka\u0161enka welcome at Board of Peace<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 30, Pozirk. US President Donald Trump said he looked forward to meeting Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka at the next Board of Peace event, noting that the Belarusian ruler has \u201cgracefully released\u201d more than 500 prisoners since May 2025. In a TruthSocial &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/181523\">\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>May 2, Pozirk. United States officials still want to invite Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka for a visit despite advice from Belarusian pro-democracy forces against such a move, deputy head of the\u00a0opposition transition cabinet Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka has told a diaspora conference in Warsaw. \u00a0 The Belarusian ruler does not deserve the invitation as he is a \u201cthug, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":185949,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-185959","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>\u0141atu\u0161ka critical of US invitation for \u0141uka\u0161enka | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 2, Pozirk. 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