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The forum will aim to assess what has already been achieved since 2020. The first Kalinauskas Conference in August on what needs to be done to hold free, transparent and democratic elections in Belarus according to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the vision of the new US President Joe Biden in the context of the Summit.
“This international forum provides a platform for Belarusian dissidents and freedom fighters, as well as political leaders from major global and regional democracies, to discuss how to join forces for free and democratic elections in Belarus and formulate strategies to combat Russian aggression throughout the region (and Belarus in particular). For the first time, this forum is held during President Baiden’s tenure to draw the attention not only of the most important Europeans, but also of the new Washington to the fight for the freedom of Belarus. I am glad that the Seimas, in which the freedom of Lithuania was defended and in which the President of Belarus Sviatlana Cichanouskaya, elected on the occasion of January 13, recently withdrew the Freedom Prize in the name of the whole rebellion, it is becoming a center of international politics support for the freedom of Belarus. holding this forum at the Seimas every year on the occasion of the anniversary of the death of Kalinauskas, to realize his mission, a free Belarusian nation in Europe, ”says Žygimantas Pavilionis, President of Foreign Affairs. Committee of the Seimas.
Politicians and diplomacy experts from around the world will participate in the annual Kalinauskas International Forum. Forum participants and guests will have a unique opportunity to hear speeches by the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, the influential US Congressman Chris Smith, an important contributor to the recognition of the Lithuanians. independence, and Robert Menendez
The conference will be opened by the political leaders of Lithuania and Belarus: President of the Seimas Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, Democratic Leader of Belarus S. Cichanouskaja, President of the Supreme-Restorative Council Seimas Vytautas Landsbergis.
Belarusian freedom fighters, Belarusian civil leader, Viasna founder Alesius Beliackis, members of the US Congress, US Under Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia George Kent, the US Ambassador to Belarus Julie Fisher, the Presidents of the European Parliament, the European Union and NATO and the members of the Foreign Affairs Committees of the Member States’ parliaments (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Portuguese, Italian, Estonian, Latvian, Polish, EU Presidencies), Dirk Schuebel, European Union Ambassador to Belarus, Advisor to German Chancellor Angela Merkel Matthias Lüttenberg, Executive Director of the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement Michael Carpenter. The forum will be attended by representatives of the US Democratic Analytical Centers, Jamie Fly, Radio Director of Radio Free Europe, one of the leaders of the Russian opposition, Vladimir Kara-Murza, vice president of the Free Russia Foundation , experts in international relations and foreign policy. .
On Monday morning, the president of the Seimas V. Čmilytls-Nielsen, the Prime Minister I. Šimonytė, the leader of democratic Belarus S. Cichanouskaja and the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Seimas Ž. The pavilion will place a wreath at the death site of K. Kalinauskas in Lukiškės Square in the capital, next to this monument to the freedom fighter.
The Kalinauskas Forum is a round table of the world’s most famous leaders and top experts on the future of Belarus in the European family, established in 2020. August 24 In Vilnius.
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