Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the leader of the Belarusian democratic forces, plans to discuss cooperation with Ukraine and the challenges that Belarusian citizens sometimes face in Ukraine during her visit to Kyiv.
She mentioned this in an interview with Ukrinform.
“We hope to understand how we—being in a rather difficult situation ourselves, both as individuals and as a nation—can help Ukraine. After all, there is … a desire among people to invest in Ukraine’s victory… But there is also the goal of resolving certain issues faced by Belarusian citizens living in Ukraine who want to contribute to Ukraine’s victory,” said Tsikhanouskaya.
According to her, such issues must be resolved politically. She is confident that once certain legal issues are resolved, more and more Belarusian volunteers would be able to join the Ukrainian military, and there would be more people willing to come to Ukraine to help rebuild it and assist as volunteers.
She is grateful to Ukraine for the changing relations with Belarusian democratic forces and is confident that this visit is just the first step, and that the two countries will succeed in strengthening both political and civil cooperation.
