(ANSA-AFP) - BERLIN, 30 SET - German Chancellor Angela Merkel
said Wednesday she would hold talks with Belarus's main
opposition leader, days after French President Emmanuel Macron
met with her and pledged to help mediate in her country's
crisis. "I will soon meet the opposition leader Ms (Svetlana)
Tikhanovskaya," Merkel told parliament, hailing the "courage" of
the women demonstrating since a disputed election last month in
which the opposition has claimed victory against President
Alexander Lukashenko. Merkel, who holds the rotating presidency
of the European Union, said Germany did not recognise Lukashenko
as the winner of the vote and that she condemned the
government's violence against protesters. "When you see the
courage shown by the women who are appearing on the streets for
a free life without corruption, then I can only say: I admire
that and find it truly impressive," she said. (ANSA-AFP).
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