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D-BY meeting on Wednesday 13 October 2023 in Strasbourg

Exchange of views on the situation of Belarusian independent media with Mr Andrei Bastunets, Director of the Belarusian Association of Journalists; Ms Natalia Belikova, Director of the Press Club Belarus; and Mr Prahbat Agarwal, Head of Unit for Digital Services at the European Commission's DG CONNECT. Exchange of views on the political situation in Belarus in the run-up to the 2024 elections with Mr Valery Kavaleuski, Representative for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet. Presentation of the activities of the Coordination Council by Ms Tatsiana Marinich, Chair of the International Committee of the Coordination Council.

FEMM Committee meeting on 24 October 2023 in association with the D-BY, in Brussels

Exchange of views with Natallia Radzina, Editor-in-chief of Charter97, and Inna Kavalionak, representative of Politzek.me, on the situation of women in Belarus.

D-BY meeting on 18 October 2023 in Strasbourg

Exchange of views on the EU sanctions against the Belarusian regime - implementation, impact and risks of circumvention with Mr Brice De Schietere, Head of Division for Sanctions at the European External Action Service; Ms Kristina Jankovich, Team Leader for Sanctions Implementation at the European Commission's DG FISMA; and Ms Stanislau Ivashkevich, investigative journalist, Founder and Director of Belarusian Investigative Centre z.s.

Kalinouski Conference on 13 September 2023 in Strasbourg

Exchange of views with Ms Heidi Hautala, EP Vice-President for the Sakharov Network, human rights and democracy; Ms Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Head of the United Transitional Cabinet; Ms Volha Harbunova, UTC representative for social matters; Mr Leonid Sudalenka, 'Viasna'; Ms Natallia Radzina, Editor-in-chief of Charter97; Ms Tatsiana Khomich, Coordination Council WG on political prisoners; Mr Valery Kavaleuski, UTC Representative for Foreign Affairs; Ms Dorota Dlouchy-Suliga, Head of Division at the EEAS; Mr Andrej Vardomatski, Professor of sociology and Member of the Coordination Council; Mr Frédéric Petit, Member of the National Assembly of France; Mr Michael Rubin, Coordinator of the Embassies of the People and Member of the Coordination Council; Mr Ihar Barysau, Chair of the Belarusian Social-Democratic Party; Mr Yuri Hubarevich, Chair of the Movement for Freedom; and Mr Anatol Liabedzka, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's advisor on constitutional reform and parliamentary cooperation.

D-BY meeting on 14 June 2023 in Strasbourg

Exchange of views on the security implications for Europe of the Belarus-Russia military cooperation with Mr Artyom Shraibman, Non-resident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Russia and Eurasia Centre; Mr Pavel Slunkin, Visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations; and Mr Valery Kavaleuski, Representative for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet.

Ad hoc mission of the Delegation to Lithuania, 15-17 May 2023

Meetings with (by chronological order):

· Mr Anatoly Liabedzka, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's Representative for the Constitutional Reform and relations with Parliaments, and his colleagues;

· Members of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (Standing Committees on National Security and on Foreign Affairs) and representatives of the Belarusian democratic forces;

· Representatives of the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania;

· Commanders of the Mechanised Infantry Brigade "Iron Wolf" in Panevėžys;

· Representatives of the State Border Guard Service of the Republic of Lithuania in Padvarionys;

· Representatives of independent Belarusian trade unions;

· Representatives of think tanks and Belarusian civil society and diaspora organisations;

· Representatives of independent Belarusian media;

· Mr Jonas Survila, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania;

· The academic staff and students of the European Humanities University.

D-BY meeting on 19 April 2023 in Strasbourg

Exchange of views on the EU sanctions against the Belarusian regime (impact, implementation and risks of circumvention) and on economic perspectives for Belarus with Mr Julien Bourtembourg, Deputy Head of Division at the European External Action Service; Mr Aleś Alachnovič, Ms Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's Representative for economic reforms; Mr Stanislau Ivashkevich, investigative journalist; and Mr Pavel Slunkin, Visiting Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations.

D-BY meeting on 1 March 2023 in Brussels

Exchange of views on possible avenues for enhanced cooperation with EU Member States' national parliaments in Belarus-related activities. Exchange of views with Ms Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Head of the United Transitional Cabinet, and her team of advisers on the political, economic and social situation in and around Belarus, on the occasion of the inauguration of the Mission of Democratic Belarus in Brussels.

D-BY meeting on 18 January 2023 in Strasbourg

Exchange of views on the situation of trade unions and infringements of workers' rights in Belarus, with Ms Maryia Taradzeskaya, Member of the Coordination Council and Deputy President of the Belarusian Free Trade Union; Mr Anton Leppik, Executive Secretary of the Pan-European Regional Council at the International Trade Union Confederation; and Ms Inga Ruginiené, President of the Lithuanian Trade Union Confederation. Exchange of views on the persecution of priests and believers, with Ms Olga Karach, Director of Our House.

D-BY meeting on 13 October 2022

Exchange of views on the political, social and economic situation in and around Belarus, with Members of the Coordination Council and Coordination Council's working groups: Ms Volha Kavalkova, member of the Presidium, representative for human capital development; Mr Anton Radniankou, press secretary; Ms Tatiana Marinich, representative for business and innovative economy; Mr Vital Rymasheuski, working groups on the regions and trade unions; Ms Alina Kharysava, students' independent trade union and network; Mr Paval Tsierashkovich, working group on education; and Ms Halina Matsiushyna, NGO sector in Belgium.