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UAWire - Lithuania refuses to extradite opposition leader Tikhanovskaya to Belarus


UAWire
 Thursday, March 4, 2021 12:00:37 PM
Any attempt by the Belarusian authorities to demand the extradition of ex-presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya from Lithuania is doomed to failure, said Lithuanian Deputy Foreign Minister Mantas Adomenas in an interview with Deutsche Welle.
Lithuania does not extradite people who are subjected to political persecution. Minsk is well aware of the answer we will give them, the deputy foreign minister said.
According to him, any request for Tikhanovskaya s extradition would be a purely ritual action , which is well understood by the leadership of Belarus.
Adomenas also expressed doubt that the refusal to extradite Tikhanovskaya to Belarus could worsen the already tense relations between the two countries. Our ambassador was recalled for consultations in October last year. Now Lithuania is represented in Belarus by a temporary charge d affaires. It is hardly possible to make official relations even worse, ....

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