Kyiv Hosts Forum On Belarus’s Future And Regional Security

A regional security forum titled “Shlyakh da voli” has opened in Kyiv, focusing on key aspects of the Belarusian liberation struggle, the Office of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya reported.

The forum is discussing threats posed by the Lukashenka regime, cooperation between Belarusian democratic forces and Ukraine and European partners. Participants include Ukrainian and Western experts, representatives of Belarusian democratic forces, and Belarusian volunteers.

The forum agenda includes four key topics:

• Belarus as a factor in regional security and possible scenarios for developments up to 2027;
• a new model of Ukrainian-Belarusian relations during the war;
• prospects for the Belarusian volunteer movement;
• an initiative to create a regional format of a “Belarusian Ramstein.”

Tsikhanouskaya addressed the forum participants with a video message, congratulating them on Freedom Day and emphasizing the contribution of Belarusians to supporting Ukraine.

“Belarusians have stood with Ukrainians since the first days. Protest actions, sabotage of Russian troops, railway partisans, Belarusian Hajun, volunteers, the Point of Invincibility, and volunteers, dozens of whom have given their lives for Ukraine. Today, the Belarusian diaspora donates more to support Ukraine than to Belarusian projects themselves. Ukrainians see that Belarusians are not the same as the regime. That Belarusians stand with Ukraine, not the aggressor. And together we can preserve friendly relations between our peoples. We have one enemy — the Russian world, Russian imperialism. And we and Ukrainians share one goal — a free, democratic, European future,” the democratic forces leader said.

The forum is organized by the United Transitional Cabinet, the Ukrainian Prism analytical center, and the International Renaissance Foundation.