"If Svetlana Tikhanovskaya asks for a meeting, the president of the republic will meet with her during his visit," RIA Novosti quoted him as saying during a briefing.

On September 25, Tikhanovskaya met with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent.

In an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche, Macron called on the Belarusian leader Lukashenko to voluntarily resign from the presidency.

He, in turn, advised Macron to deal with the internal affairs of France.