President of the European Parliament David Sassoli has declared that former Belarusian presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has accepted his invitation to visit the European Parliament.

“Today Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and I talked about the deeply troubling situation in Belarus, and she accepted our invitation to visit the European Parliament.

The European Parliament supports the people of Belarus in their struggle for democracy and the freedom to choose the future of their country,” Sassoli tweeted.