Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has revealed that he would be open to speaking with the opposition, but “not with traitors and terrorists.” The leader was referring to Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who now lives in Lithuania.
Last year, after the country’s disputed official election results revealed that Lukashenko had won a sixth term in office, Tikhanovskaya fled across the border to Vilnius. From there, she created the Coordination Council, a group aimed at facilitating a peaceful transition of power from Lukashenko to a new government. The country’s Prosecutor General’s office has accused them of being extremists, and of wanting to overthrow the government.
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