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“We will act,” Macron told Lithuanian journalists on Tuesday when asked about the meeting with S. Cichanouskaja.
“I respect and greatly appreciate your participation.” As Europeans, we will do what we can to help and mediate, to go back to OSCE mediation to make progress, “Macron said.
“We had a very good discussion, but now we have to be pragmatic and support the people of Belarus.” We will do what we can, believe me, “said the French president.
After the meeting, S. Cichanouskaja also spoke about mediation in the negotiations.
“He promised us everything we could to help negotiate (resolve) the political crisis in our country,” Chichanouskaya told reporters on Tuesday.
“He said that time is of the essence because many people are suffering for this regime, many people are in prisons and he will do everything possible to help all political prisoners be released,” Chichanouskaya said.
VIDEO: Cichanouskaya says she received a promise from Macron to help in the negotiations
The former candidate arrived for a meeting with the visiting French leader in Lithuania in the presidential elections in Belarus around 9:30 in the morning, a BNS correspondent reported from the scene.
According to Ana Krasulina, representative of S. Cichanouskaya, on Tuesday the main theme of the meeting with the French leader will be the possibility of organizing negotiations on the holding of new presidential elections in Belarus and the possible mediation of other countries, including France.
“It is very important that European countries do not remain indifferent to what is happening in Belarus. France, as one of the oldest democracies, understands us perfectly. Therefore, I am going to remind Mr. Macron of our main objective: new elections. free and transparent, which should take place this year, ”the report quotes S. Cichanouskaja.
On Monday, French President E. Macron, who is visiting Lithuania, declared that he would seek the mediation of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to resolve the crisis in Belarus.
“We have proposed that the OSCE compromise and that France do everything possible so that this mediation takes place and that we can move forward,” Macron said at a joint press conference with Lithuanian President Gitan Nauseda.
The French president said that Russian President Vladimir Putin did not object to such mediation, so “Alexander Lukashenko now needs to agree.”
“Our position is very clear from the beginning: we do not recognize Aliaksandr Lukashenko as the president of Belarus,” he added.
The French president also expressed his support for the European Union to impose sanctions on officials of the Belarusian regime.
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Tuesday that during his meeting with S. Chichanouskaja, the French leader was sending a very clear message: support for Belarusian civil society and the opposition.
“It is likely that a more active position will serve the situation, because we see that it is really stagnant, both the real leadership that is in Belarus, stubbornly holding on to its own, and its political backers are not changing their position either. To move this, it is a clear unified coordinated international position is very important, ”L. Linkevičius told LRT radio on Tuesday.
According to him, the mediation options may be different, taking into account the possible role of Russia.
“It’s about mediation here, not necessarily in this case, with the same royal leadership that doesn’t want to talk to anyone at all, just the Kremlin. “It is also possible to talk to Russia and influence through Russia, because Russia’s position and attitude determine a lot, because the current leadership was generally weak, and now it is even more vulnerable and completely dependent on Russia,” the minister said. .
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