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“He promised to do everything possible to help negotiate (resolve) the political crisis in our country,” Cichanouskaya told reporters on Tuesday.
“He said that time was 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,” Cichanouskaya said.
Macron has yet to comment on the meeting with Cichanouskaya.
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.
As Cichanouskaya’s spokeswoman Anna Krasulina said on Tuesday, the meeting with the French leader will focus on the main issue: the possibility of holding 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. That is why I am going to remind Mr. Macron of our main objective, the new elections. free and transparent to take place later this year, “Cichanouskaya said in the report.
French President E. Macron, who is visiting Lithuania, declared on Monday that he would seek mediation from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to resolve the crisis in Belarus.
“We have proposed that the OSCE compromise and that France will do everything possible to make this mediation happen 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.
Linkevičius: Lithuania has no role
Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says French President Emmanuel Macrono’s meeting with Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Cichanouskaja sends a very clear message: Europe supports Belarusian civil society and the opposition.
“The very fact of the meeting sends a very clear message and support to Belarusian civil society, support for the opposition. Macron’s statement that Lukashenko should withdraw is also a very clear message. This shows a very clear position, I think. that this topic will be explored today, ”L. Linkevičius told LRT radio.
According to him, the meeting was started by Ms. Cichanouskaya and she will ask Ms. Macrono for the role of mediator.
“Lithuania has no role. We provide security. The opposition and Sviatlana Cichanouskaya act autonomously with their advisers and members of the Coordination Council, who are also not already in Belarus.
(…) The role of Lithuania is not here. The meeting must take place in private. Cichanouskaya will ask France for mediation, “said the minister.
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