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SUMMARY:Kalinowski Conference
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday 21 June 2022\, ECR Foreign Affairs Coordinator Anna Fotyga will host a conference in cooperation with the Kalinowski Forum. The discussion will focus on the future of a democratic Belarus as part of the European family and in the context of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. The event will open with special remarks from Žygimantas Pavilionis\, Chairperson of the Kalinovski Forum; Mateusz Morawiecki\, Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland; Ms Ingrida Šimonytė\, Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania; Ms Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya\, Leader of democratic Belarus; and Olivér Várhelyi\, EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement. The Conference will cover topics such as ‘The battle for freedom\, Lukashenko’s regime in the context of the war against Ukraine’\, ‘The people of freedom’. Repressions and the situation of political prisoners’\, ‘Sanctions. Deterring Lukashenko’s internal violence and alignment with the Russian aggressor’ and ‘Truth vs. lies. The situation of independent media vs regime propaganda’. \n​Programme \nRegistration @ 9:00 – 9:30 \nOpening remarks @ 9:30 \n\nAnna Fotyga MEP – Host of the Kalinovski Forum Brussels 2022\nŽygimantas Pavilionis – Chairperson of the Kalinovski Forum (online)\n\nSpecial remarks @ 9:45 \n\nH.E. Mr Mateusz Morawiecki\, Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (video remarks)\nH.E. Ms Ingrida Šimonytė\, Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania (video remarks)\nMs Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya\, Leader of democratic Belarus (video remarks)\nOlivér Várhelyi \, EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement (video remarks)\n\nPanel 1: The battle for freedom. Lukashenko’s regime in the context of war against Ukraine @ 10:15 \n\nModerator: Anna Fotyga MEP\nAmbassador Pawel Herczynski\, ManagingDirector Common Security and Defence Policy and Crisis Response\, European Union’s External Action Service\nAmbassador Baiba Braže\, Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy\, NATO\nAmbassador Dirk Schuebel Ambassador of the European Union to Belarus\nAmbassador Mark Gitenstein\, U.S. Representative to the European Union (tbc)\nPavel Latushka\,  Head of the National Anti-Crisis Management (online)\nJamie Shea\, Professor of Strategy and Security\, University of Exeter\, former Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges at NATO\nBrian Whitmore\, Atlantic Council\nBatu Kutelia\, Atlantic Council of Georgia\, McCain Institute for International Leadership\nA message from Ukraine (pre-recorded)\nOleksii Goncharenko\, MP\, Head Parliamentary Group “For democratic Belarus” (online)\nRadoslaw Sikorski MEP\nUrmas Paet MEP\n\nPanel 2: The people of freedom. Repressions and situation of political prisoners @ 11:30 \n\nModerator: Rasa Jukneviciene MEP\nThe case of Katsyaryna Andreyeva\, Darya Chulstova (a short movie)\nPavel Sapelko\, Human Rights Center “Viasna” (online)\nAleh Gulak\, the Chairman of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee (online)\nDavid J. Kramer\, Managing Director for Global Policy\, George W. Bush Institute (online)\nAles Zarembiuk\, Head of the Belarusian House in Warsaw\nVytis Jurkonis\, Freedom House (online)\nSamuel Cogolati\, Vice-chair Foreign Affairs Committee\, the Belgian Federal Parliament\nFrédéric Petit\, MP\, the French National Assembly (online)\nKhatia Dekanoidze\, MP\, Georgian-Belarusian Friendship Group\nVolha Pavuk\, Co-founder of the European Choice Initiative (online)\nMiriam Lexmann\, MEP\nAndrzej Halicki MEP\n\nOpening of the exhibition “Belarus Awakening”\, Anastazja Kozhapenka\, Belarusian House in Warsaw @ 14:45 \nPanel 3: Sanctions. Deterring Lukashenko’s internal violence and alignment with the Russian aggressor @ 15:00 \n\nModerators: Žygimantas Pavilionis\, Member of the Lithuanian Parliament\, Anna Fotyga MEP\nMaciej Popowski\, Deputy Director-General for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations\nRuben Harutunian\, Deputy chief of mission (DCM) at the U.S. Embassy in Minsk\, (pre-recorded)\nOleksii Makeiev\, Ambassador\, Special Envoy for Sanctions\, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (online)\nMaciej Stadejek\, Representative of Poland to the Political and Security Committee of the EU; Deputy Head of the Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU\nAnatol Liabedzka\, Signatory of Belarussian independence\, Representative of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Constitutional Reform and Parliamentary Cooperation\nDaniel Fried\, Special Assistant and NSC Senior Director for Presidents Clinton and Bush\, Ambassador to Poland\, and Assistant Secretary of State for Europe (2005-09)\, (online)\nVladzimir Astapenka\, Deputy Head of the National Anti-Crisis Management\nBill Browder\, anticorruption activist\, the founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management (video remark)\nStephen Nix\, Eurasia Director\, International Republican Institute (online)\nNatalia Kaliada\, The International Strategic Action – Network for Security\nPetras Auštrevičius MEP\nAndrius Kubilius MEP\nThijs Reuten MEP\n\nPanel 4: Truth vs. lies. Situation of independent media vs regime propaganda @ 16:30 \n\nModerator: Kosma Złotowski MEP\nJerzy Pomianowski\, Executive Director Endowment for Democracy\nAleh Aheyeu\, the Belarusian Association of Journalists\, Deputy Director (online)\nAgnieszka Romaszewska-Guzy\, Director of Belsat TV\nJamie Fly\, President ofRadio Free Europe (online)\nNatallia Radzina\, Editor-in-chief \,Charter97\nKrzysztof Skowronski\,Radio Wnet\nMartyna Bildziukiewicz\, Head of East Stratcom Task Force \nBernard Guetta MEP\nBeata Mazurek MEP
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/kalinowski_conference/
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