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UK 'does not accept' results of Belarus election: foreign secretary

Published: 17 Aug 2020 - 11:22 am | Last Updated: 02 Nov 2021 - 11:55 pm
People holding Belarussian flags take part in a demostration in support of protests against the results of the Belarusian presidential election, on August 16, 2020 in Prague, Czech Republic. / AFP / Michal Cizek

People holding Belarussian flags take part in a demostration in support of protests against the results of the Belarusian presidential election, on August 16, 2020 in Prague, Czech Republic. / AFP / Michal Cizek

AFP

London: The UK said Monday it did not recognise the results of the "unfair" Belarus presidential election which saw Alexander Lukashenko re-elected, and called for an independent investigation into the disputed results.
"The world has watched with horror at the violence used by the Belarusian authorities to suppress the peaceful protests that followed this fraudulent presidential election. The UK does not accept the results," Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said.