{"id":54682,"date":"2023-12-11T12:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T09:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=54682"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"eu-foreign-policy-chief-links-lifting-of-sanctions-to-democratic-elections-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/54682\/","title":{"rendered":"EU foreign policy chief links lifting of sanctions to democratic elections in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"902\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ST_Borrell-744x496-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ST_Borrell-744x496-1.jpg 902w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ST_Borrell-744x496-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ST_Borrell-744x496-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 902px) 100vw, 902px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(\u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja&#039;s office)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 11, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarus will not be represented at the European Union&#8217;s foreign ministers meeting with their Eastern Partnership counterparts on December 11, top EU diplomat Josep Borrel told Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EU does &#8220;not recognize those who steal elections and repress their population. That\u2019s what [Alaksandar] \u0141uka\u0161enka has done, he stole elections and represses the Belarusian people,&#8221; he stressed at their meeting in Brussels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are working closely and are very much aware of the increasingly difficult situation in the country,&#8221; the European External Action Service&#8217;s (EEAS) press office quoted him as saying. &#8220;I am sure that the Ministers will be very keen to hear from you, dear \u015aviat\u0142ana, your assessment of the situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EU will keep sanctioning Belarus\u2019 authorities and supporting the pro-democracy forces and civil society until Belarus holds democratic elections of its authorities that would represent all Belarusians, he stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Borrel also noted that additional aid of \u20ac30 million to the Belarusian civil society and opposition took the total amount of EU assistance to \u20ac140 million since 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 11, Pozirk. Belarus will not be represented at the European Union&#8217;s foreign ministers meeting with their Eastern Partnership counterparts on December 11, top EU diplomat Josep Borrel told Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja yesterday. The EU does &#8220;not recognize those who steal elections and repress their population. That\u2019s what [Alaksandar] \u0141uka\u0161enka has done, he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":54642,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-54682","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>EU foreign policy chief links lifting of sanctions to democratic elections in Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 11, Pozirk. 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