President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke about his meeting with Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Tuesday, May 26, during the IV International Summit of Cities and Regions in Kyiv. The summit brought together representatives from 24 countries, mainly European states, including all of Ukraine’s neighbors such as Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, and Belarus.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “For the first time in our format, there are representatives from Belarus. And recently Lukashenko said that it is time for the presidents of Ukraine and Belarus to meet. It turned out interestingly: Lukashenko said it, and Svitlana Tsikhanouskaya came,” Zelensky said. He added that participants of the summit support the aspirations of the Belarusian people to free themselves from Russian influence. “We know that Russia is now trying to drag Belarus even further into this war against Ukraine. And we appreciate every manifestation of support from Belarusians for a free Ukraine. We know that there will be a day when our states will once again have good-neighborly relations based on the real independence of both Ukraine and Belarus from Moscow,” he said. Zelensky emphasized that Ukraine has never posed a threat to Belarus and expressed gratitude to the Belarusians who support Ukraine during the war