EU sanctions 'a small victory' - Belarusian opposition leader Tsikhanouskaya

Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya attends a demonstration to reject the presidential election results in Belarus, in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, October 5, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

BERLIN (Reuters) - European Union sanctions against 40 officials in Belarus are "a small victory" but should be widened, opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said on Monday, adding she would press Germany's Angela Merkel to do more at a meeting on Tuesday.

Tsikhanouskaya fled her homeland for Lithuania amid a police crackdown in Belarus following an Aug. 9 presidential election, which official results said incumbent Alexander Lukashenko won, but which Tsikhanouskaya's supporters say was rigged.