The leader of the Belarusian opposition Svetlana Tikhanovskaya at a meeting with US President Joseph Biden asked him to help Belarus committed a “non-violent transition to democracy” and support political prisoners. She wrote about this in its Telegram Channel.
According to politics, the only way to resolve the political crisis in the republic is new presidential elections. The opposition leader emphasized that at least internal confrontation and is not related to geopolitics, the support of the opposition is the moral debt of Washington.
“Biden said that the world continues to fight between autocracy and democracy. And you know that Belarus in this fight is on the front line,” said Tikhanovskaya. At the same time, it did not indicate whether concrete agreements between the opposition and Washington were concluded in the negotiations. The detailed content of the conversation politician has not yet revealed.
“How much time and effort either demanded the way of Belarus to freedom, I am ready to go through it with the Belarusians. And I thank President Bayden for supporting us on this path,” the former presidential candidate was made.
In turn, Biden reported that the meeting with Tikhanovskaya became an honor for him. “The United States supports the people of Belarus in its efforts to trade democracy and universal human rights,” wrote the head of state in Twitter, but did not tell the results of the meeting.
Tikhanovskaya arrived in the US on July 18. She also held talks with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, adviser by Bayden on national security Jake Sullivan and American Ambassador of Belarus Julie Fisher. At the same time, politician stressed that the US authorities have not yet given a clear answer to the question of new sanctions against Minsk.
In turn, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus called the visit of the opposition leader in the United States not more than a tourist trip. The postprared of Belarus in the UN Valentine Rybakov and at all threatened with Western countries to deteriorate relations for contact with ramp politicians.