On 12 March 2026 the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baiba Braže, met with the leader of the Belarusian democratic forces and head of the United Transitional Cabinet, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and discussed the situation in Belarus, including the regime’s repression of civil society and Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Both officials were unanimous: the policy of Belarusian authoritarian regime has not changed – repressions are intensifying, new political prisoners are being arrested, and…
On 12 March 2026 the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baiba Braže, met with the leader of the Belarusian democratic forces and head of the United Transitional Cabinet, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and discussed the situation in Belarus, including the regime’s repression of civil society and Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Both officials were unanimous: the policy of Belarusian authoritarian regime has not changed – repressions are intensifying, new political prisoners are being arrested, and hybrid attacks on the EU's external borders continue, including the instrumentalisation of migrants. The regime continues to support Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Baiba Braže emphasised that in this situation, pressure on Belarusian regime…