Tsikhanouskaya Urges U.S. To 'Stand With Belarus' Ahead Of White House Talks

Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya is expected to meet White House officials and U.S. senators on July 20 as she continues to rally support for the pro-democracy movement against authoritarian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka.

Tsikhanouskaya said she planned to hold talks with U.S. national-security adviser Jake Sullivan at the White House and visit the Senate for meetings with lawmakers from both parties.

A day earlier, she told CNN that more help was needed from the United States, which she said «has a moral obligation to be with us.» «I ask the U.S.A. to help civil society survive,» the exiled opposition leader said.