Macron Pledges Belarus Mediation After Meeting Opposition Leader
- Discussion took place during three-day trip to Baltic states
- French president looking to demonstrate he can confront Russia
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Emmanuel Macron met the leader of the opposition in Belarus and promised to help mediate an end to the country’s political crisis, as he seeks to persuade European Union chiefs he’s serious about confronting Russia.
The meeting in Vilnius on Tuesday was the first between a leader of a Group of Seven nation and Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who fled across the border to Lithuania after post-election protests were met with a violent police response. During their conversation, she asked Macron for help.