She stated this at an extraordinary meeting of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament.

According to her, the incumbent President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko hopes that "the protests will gradually subside."

“But we will protest as much as necessary - weeks, months or even years,” TASS quoted Tikhanovskaya as saying.

According to her, "Lukashenka does not want to talk with Belarusians, he does not want a dialogue."

Earlier, Tikhanovskaya said that she was not positioning herself as the future president of Belarus.

She also commented on the lack of contacts with Russian officials.