US President Joe Biden meets with Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya at the White House on Jul 28, 2021. WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden met on Wednesday with Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya at the White House, in a strong show of support for pro-democracy protesters who say she won last year's election.
It is"a message to the whole world that the greatest country in the world is with us", she told AFP in an interview shortly after the meeting.Advertisement In May, Belarus even forced down a civilian airplane from Greece to Lithuania, citing a security threat, and arrested an opposition journalist and his girlfriend who were passengers.An English teacher turned stay-at-home mother, Tikhanovskaya was thrust into the international spotlight when her husband was detained and she took his place as the presidential candidate. She fled to Lithuania for her safety.
She said she also spoke to Biden about ensuring the"independence and sovereignty" of Belarus - a veiled reference to repeated concerns that Putin could seek to incorporate the country into Russia. She returned to Washington from New York for the previously unannounced talks with Biden, which took place just as US and Russian delegations were wrapping up a dialogue in Geneva to follow up on his June summit with Putin.
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