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Belarusian opposition Svetlana Tikhanovskaya with French President Emmanuel Macron will discuss the possibility of holding new presidential elections in Belarus.
On the morning of September 29, a meeting between Belarusian opposition Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and French President Emmanuel Macron began in Vilnius. This was announced by the Pool Pervoy Telegram channel.
The main topic of the conversation will be the possibility of organizing negotiations on the issue of holding new presidential elections in Belarus and the possible mediation of other countries, including France, the report says.
“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 goal: new elections. free and democratic, to be held this year. ” – said the opponent.
Mass protests have been going on in Belarus since August 9. The protesters believe that the results of the presidential elections were falsified. According to the Central Election Commission, Aleksandr Lukashenko won with 80.1% of the voters. Opposition candidate Tikhanovskaya came in second with 10.1% of the vote. At the same time, alternative exit polls showed the opposite picture: Tikhanovskaya’s confident victory.
The Belarusian security forces brutally dispersed the discontents. They used stun grenades, rubber bullets, and water cannons.… During the protests, more than 10,000 protesters were detained, hundreds were injured and wounded. According to official data, four participants of the rallies died.
Lukashenka assumed the presidency on September 23. For the first time in the history of Belarus, it was neither announced nor broadcast on television..
Tikhanovskaya was forced to leave Belarus after the elections.
Several states, including the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Denmark and the Czech Republic, did not recognize Lukashenko’s inauguration. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said Lukashenka’s inauguration does not mean that he is recognized as the legitimate head of the Belarusian state.
Macron, in an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche, published on September 26, said that there is a crisis of authoritarian power in Belarus, which “cannot accept the logic of democracy.” The French president stated that the president of Belarus “must go”.
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