{"id":211622,"date":"2026-11-12T22:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T19:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/211622\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T01:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T22:05:08","slug":"cichanouskaja-meets-with-prime-ministers-of-georgia-hungary","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/211622\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja meets with prime ministers of Georgia, Hungary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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November 12, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian pro-democracy leader Sviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja met with the prime ministers of Georgia and Hungary in Dublin on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in Dublin, Ireland, on November 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s press office, Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s meeting with Georgia\u2019s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and Foreign Minister Maka Bochorishvili focused on difficulties Belarusians in Georgia are having with obtaining residence permits and other documents necessary for legalization. Cichano\u016dskaja stressed the importance of protecting the rights of Belarusians forced to leave their homeland because of political persecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During her meeting with Hungary\u2019s new prime minister, P\u00e9ter Magyar, Cichano\u016dskaja congratulated him on his victory in the parliamentary elections and expressed hope for closer cooperation to strengthen ties between the Belarusian and Hungarian peoples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They discussed opportunities for further cooperation, support for Belarusian society, and Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s possible visit to Budapest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgia, a visa-free country for Belarusians, is home to about 12,000 citizens of Belarus, many of whom fled their country for fear of politically motivated persecution after the 2020 presidential election, but their number keeps shrinking. Georgia has not granted asylum to a single Belarusian under the Georgian Dream government of pro-Russian oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Georgian migration authorities have intensified their anti-immigration campaign and have been conducting raids to identify undocumented migrants, including door-to-door checks, with Belarusians among those targeted. Local media and diaspora activists have reported cases of foreigners being deported on what they describe as trumped-up grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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