{"id":46714,"date":"2023-05-04T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T21:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/irish-president-voices-full-support-in-meeting-with-cichanouskaja\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"irish-president-voices-full-support-in-meeting-with-cichanouskaja","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46714\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish president voices \u201cfull support\u201d in meeting with Cichano\u016dskaja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>May 4, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> In a show of solidarity, Irish President Michael Higgins has expressed \u201cfull support\u201d for the brave Belarusians who are fighting for their country\u2019s freedom and independence. <\/p>\n<p> \u015aviatlana Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s office told <span>BPN<\/span> that she had a warm and friendly meeting with Higgins in Dublin yesterday. They talked about the plight of political prisoners, the harsh prison conditions, and the need to support the Belarusian diaspora. Higgins also shared Ireland\u2019s own experience of struggling for its identity, independence and cultural revival.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI\u2019m confident that the president of Ireland will be our ally here at home and in the international arena. I really wanted to let him know about our work and our fight for a free Belarus. He heard me,\u201d Cichano\u016dskaja said.<\/p>\n<p> She also met with Irish Foreign Minister Miche\u00e1l Martin to&nbsp;discuss&nbsp;a sanctions policy against the regime and its supporters, including propagandists, prosecutors and judges responsible for reprisals.<\/p>\n<p> Cichano\u016dskaja also invited MPs to join an international coalition of parliamentary groups that would advocate for the Belarusian cause in international organizations. She suggested that Irish MPs establish&nbsp;the Friends of Democratic Belarus parliamentary group.<\/p>\n<p>Two days earlier, Cichano\u016dskaja was handed&nbsp;the Tipperary International Peace Award in Ireland. She dedicated the prize to \u201cmillions of freedom-loving Belarusians\u201d and said that Belarus and Ireland shared \u201cthe thirst for freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 4, BPN. In a show of solidarity, Irish President Michael Higgins has expressed \u201cfull support\u201d for the brave Belarusians who are fighting for their country\u2019s freedom and independence. \u015aviatlana Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s office told BPN that she had a warm and friendly meeting with Higgins in Dublin yesterday. They talked about the plight of political prisoners, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-46714","articles","type-articles","status-publish","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>Irish president voices \u201cfull support\u201d in meeting with Cichano\u016dskaja | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 4, BPN. 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