Belarusian opposition leader Tikhanouskaya in Lithuania says foreign minister

FILE PHOTO: Belarusian united opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanouskaya attends a news conference following the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

MINSK (Reuters) - Belarusian opposition politician Svetlana Tikhanouskaya has travelled to Lithuania from Belarus amid the protests and is safe, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius said in a Twitter post on Tuesday.

Tikhanouskaya emerged as Alexander Lukashenko’s main rival at Sunday’s presidential election.