Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Andrej Babiš, on the sidelines of the European Political Community Summit in Dublin.
She thanked the Czech Republic for recently easing visa requirements for family members of Belarusians living in the Czech Republic and expressed hope that such measures to support Belarusians would continue.
Ms. Tsikhanouskaya highlighted the work of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Minister Petr Macinka, who has supported Belarusians and recently visited the Office of Belarus Democratic Forces in Prague.
The meeting also focused on the work of the Prague Office, further cooperation with the Czech Republic, and the situation in the region.
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: “I am truly grateful to the Czech Republic, where people understand our situation in Belarus so well. Czechs themselves have made the journey from dictatorship to democracy. They do not need us to explain why freedom and independence matter so much to us. The Czech Republic has been supporting Belarusians for years, and we greatly value this principled stance. A free Belarus is also in the interests of the Czech Republic and the entire European Union”.
