Belarus' Tsikhanouskaya calls on EU, UK, US to jointly pressure Lukashenko

FILE PHOTO: Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya speaks to members of the Belarusian community at Old Town in Warsaw, Poland, June 3, 2021. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

WARSAW (Reuters) -The United States, Britain and the European Union should act jointly to put more pressure on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and his government, opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya told Reuters on Friday.

Tsikhanouskaya made the comments during a visit to Warsaw, Poland ahead of a summit of the G7 rich countries in Britain next week, at which she hopes issues raised by the Belarusian opposition will be addressed. Belarus has shot up the international agenda since it forced down a Ryanair flight over its air space and arrested an opposition journalist last month.