Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielus Landsbergis said that Lithuania will not consider the application of the Belarusian Prosecutor General’s Office, which wants the former candidate for president of Belarus – Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, to be handed over to Minsk.
“Lithuania has always been and will be a stone wall behind which all democratic forces will find refugepursued by different regimes. Thus, anyone who has found refuge in Lithuania can feel safe, to know that will not be handed over of the regime – neither for its struggle for democracy, nor for the struggle for freedom of speech or religion. “- it is said in position of the Lithuanian first diplomat, published on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania.
“And we can say to the Belarusian regime: rather hell will freeze, than to start considering your claims. “- concludes Landsbergis.
Belarus has taken steps to extradite Tikhanovska
She lives in exile in Lithuania
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On March 5, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Belarus addressed Vilnius with request for Tikhanovskaya’s extradition. Minsk accuses her and those close to her of trying to seize power in the country by force.
Representatives of the Belarusian opposition have denied the allegations.
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Svetlana Tikhanovska was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
The nomination belongs to the President of Lithuania
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