{"id":201453,"date":"2026-08-27T15:02:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/201453\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T15:03:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:03:01","slug":"uladzimir-astapienka-to-lead-opposition-delegation-to-pace","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/201453\/","title":{"rendered":"U\u0142adzimir Astapienka\u00a0to lead opposition delegation to PACE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/astapenko_opk.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/astapenko_opk.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/astapenko_opk-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/astapenko_opk-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/astapenko_opk-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/astapenko_opk-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        U\u0142adzimir Astapienka\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(United Transitional Cabinet&#039;s press office) <\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 27,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;U\u0142adzimir Astapienka, a member of the opposition Coordination Council who is the&nbsp;United&nbsp;Transitional Cabinet\u2019s&nbsp;international relations chief,&nbsp;has been elected as head of the delegation of Belarus\u2019 pro-democracy forces to the&nbsp;Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from&nbsp;Astapienka, Belarus\u2019 ambassador to Argentina until September 2020, the delegation will also include Ksienija \u0141ukcina, Ja\u016dhien Andrej\u010dyk, Alaksandra Mamajeva, and Hanna Skryhan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The delegation has already held its first planning session. The Coordination Council\u2019s speaker, Arciom Bruchan, has officially notified PACE President&nbsp;Petra Bayr&nbsp;of the delegation\u2019s composition, expressing confidence that cooperation with the Council of Europe\u2019s institutions would continue to expand \u201cfor the benefit of the independent, democratic and European Belarus.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In September 2024,&nbsp;PACE\u2019s Bureau&nbsp;invited Belarusian&nbsp;pro-democracy&nbsp;forces to form a representative delegation and participate in the Assembly&#8217;s work. The invitation&nbsp;came amid Minsk\u2019s support for Russia&#8217;s war against Ukraine and contrasted sharply with decades of suspended relations during which Belarus was the only European state outside of Kosovo not to be a member of the Council of Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n                                <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\">PACE explores ID solutions for Belarusian victims of transnational repression<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 26, Pozirk. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) condemned all forms of transnational repression and urged countries to adopt new laws to prevent it in a resolution adopted yesterday based on a report by Constantinos Efstathiou, &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/193435\">\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>August 27,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;U\u0142adzimir Astapienka, a member of the opposition Coordination Council who is the&nbsp;United&nbsp;Transitional Cabinet\u2019s&nbsp;international relations chief,&nbsp;has been elected as head of the delegation of Belarus\u2019 pro-democracy forces to the&nbsp;Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).&nbsp; Apart from&nbsp;Astapienka, Belarus\u2019 ambassador to Argentina until September 2020, the delegation will 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