{"id":189315,"date":"2026-05-26T18:04:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/189315\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T19:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:26:17","slug":"lukasenka-receives-moldovas-pro-russian-ex-president","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/189315\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka receives Moldova\u2019s pro-Russian ex-president"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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May 26, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka had a meeting in Minsk on May 26 with former Moldovan President Igor Dodon, who currently leads the pro-Russian Party of Socialists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141uka\u0161enka called for reviving the Belarusian-Moldovan interstate commission for trade and economic cooperation, the Belarusian leader\u2019s press office reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He invited Dodon to discuss issues relating to the Eurasian Economic Union, despite the fact that Moldova a candidate for EU membership. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141uka\u0161enka stressed that the Moldovans should live \u201cas a proud and independent nation\u201d and urged Dodon and his supporters not to allow the \u201cdestruction of Moldova.\u201d \u201cAs of late, we have heard very frequently from different sources that Moldova is ready to become part of another state or something like that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Belarusian embassy in Moldova, the Belarusian-Moldovan commission for trade and economic cooperation held its last meeting in June 2018, halfway through Dodon\u2019s four-year presidency. In 2024, bilateral trade in goods reportedly totaled $176.1 million, with Belarusian exports amounting to $98.3 million and imports to $77.8 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In December 2020, Dodon lost his reelection bid to pro-European candidate Maia Sandu. Since then, Sandu has twice met with Belarusian pro-democracy leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja. In particular, they met during Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s official visit to Moldova in October 2023 and on the sidelines of the European Political Community\u2019s summit in Copenhagen in October 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September 2025, Belarusian Ambassador Ihar Bubien presented his credentials to Sandu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On May 26, \u0141uka\u0161enka also met with Ibrahim Boughali, the visiting president of the People’s National Assembly, the lower chamber of Algeria’s bicameral parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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