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11-10-2022
On Thursday morning, the leader of the democratic forces of Belarus, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, will address MEPs on the Foreign Affairs Committee.
[Ms Tsikhanouskaya](https://tsikhanouskaya.org/en/) currently lives in exile in Lithuania, having been forced to flee her home country following the fraudulent presidential elections in 2020. She is expected to primarily outline her views to the Foreign Affairs Committee on the war in Ukraine and the role of Belarus in the conflict, as well as comment on the latest political situation in Belarus, which is still ruled by an oppressive regime under dictator Aliaksandr Lukashenka.
Ms Tsikhanouskaya will attend the committee meeting in person.
WHEN: Thursday 13 October at 10.30 CEST
WERE: Room 3C050 in Parliament’s Spaak building in Brussels and remote participation.
Further information
[The European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/afet/home/highlights)
[The European Parliament’s delegation for relations with Belarus](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/delegations/en/d-by/about/introduction)
[EP Multimedia Centre: free photos, video and audio material (EU- Belarus)](https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/package/eu-belarus_18301)
Viktor ALMQVIST
Press Officer