Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met the new UK Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, for the first time during the European Political Community Summit in Dublin.
They discussed the UK’s further policy toward Belarus, agreeing to continue their cooperation and coordinate the UK’s policy with European partners.
Ms. Tsikhanouskaya raised the issues of the release of political prisoners and support for them, assistance to independent media and civil society, and accountability for the Lukashenka regime’s crimes, including the forced displacement of Ukrainian children.
The parties discussed support for Ukraine, the role of a democratic Belarus in European security, the Lukashenka regime’s dependence on Russia, and the ongoing repression in Belarus. They emphasized maintaining international pressure on the regime, aligning UK and EU sanctions policies, and ensuring that Belarus remains on the international agenda, including at the G7 and G20.
Mr. Burnham and Ms. Tsikhanouskaya also discussed further Strategic Consultations between the United Kingdom and Belarus’s democratic forces.
