FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron looks on during a news conference in Vilnius, Lithuania September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins
VILNIUS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron became on Tuesday the highest-profile Western leader to visit the exiled opposition leader of Belarus, pledging European support for the country's people.
Belarus has seen weeks of mass demonstrations since veteran leader Alexander Lukashenko was declared the landslide winner of an Aug. 9 presidential election that his opponents say was rigged. The authorities have arrested thousands of people, and all major opposition leaders are now jailed or in exile.
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