MINSK, Aug 23 — Belarus’s authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko yesterday ordered his defence minister to take “stringent measures” to defend the country’s territorial integrity after mass protests erupted against his claim to election victory. The 65-year-old, who said he won a sixth...
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The 65-year-old, who said he won a sixth presidential term with 80 per cent of the vote in the August 9 ballot, made the comments while inspecting military units in Grodno, near Belarus’s border with Poland, according to the president’s press service. His visit comes ahead of large-scale military exercises planned in the Grodno region between August 28 and 31.
He is notably planning to meet with Lukashenko’s election challenger Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in Lithuania, where she is now in exile, her representatives told AFP. “I call them to continue, not to stop, because it’s really important now to continue to be united in the struggle for the rights.”
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