FILE PHOTO: Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya reacts as she speaks to the media at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, October 7, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish politicians held a confidential conference call this week with a person who turned out to be impersonating a leading Belarusian opposition politician, the Danish parliament said on Thursday.
Members of the Foreign Policy Committee unwittingly spoke with a person pretending to be Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya for 40 minutes on Tuesday before the call was ended abruptly, parliament said in a statement on the matter.
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