Baltic leaders urge Belarus to hold 'free and fair' elections

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The prime ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania called on Belarus on Saturday to conduct new 'free and fair' elections as protests swelled against President Alexander Lukashenko's disputed poll victory.

A participant embraces a member of Belarusian Interior Ministry troops, who stands guard during an opposition demonstration to protest against police violence and to reject the presidential election results near the Government House in Independence Square in Minsk, Belarus August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

A new vote should be held transparently with the participation of international observers, the leaders said in a statement after meeting in Estonia. Opposition presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who fled to neighbouring Lithuania early on Tuesday, has called for more protests and an election recount.Friday marked a sixth consecutive day of street demonstrations against Lukashenko.

 

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Fake News Reuters, seminal part of propaganda matrix ..

Why is she hugging him? He dosent care..he has a job to do

What a load of gross propaganda with that image. Not to mention just because a president doesn't go along with New World Order plans he gets ousted

Suddenly everyone cares about Belarus because they didnt go along with the plandemic..

DawnRoseTurner Somebody needs to urge America to do the same.

What a powerful photo

morgfair Soon our NATO allies will be telling Trump the same....

Absolutely !

What an amazing picture!

USA is next, I hope.

ベラルーシは 時代に取り残されているね。

IF this girl in US, she will be shot down at once!

Lol what is this headline... they aren’t gonna suddenly become a democracy because of some street protests...

Like Russia telling the USA to hold free & fair elections 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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