MINSK (Reuters) – Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Wednesday called on the EU Council not to recognise what she said were fraudulent presidential elections, urging European countries to respect choice of Belarusian people.

Tsikhanouskaya, who is in neighbouring Lithuania, was speaking in a video address.

(Reporting by Andrei Makhovsky; Writing by Maria Kiselyova; Editing by Tom Hogue)

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