Belarus saw the largest protests in the country’s history on Sunday, with estimates around 300,000 for capital Minsk alone.

The protesters demanded a new election, and resignation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has served as president of the country since the establishment of the office 26 years ago, on 20 July 1994.

"The United Kingdom doesn’t recognize the results of Belarus presidential election"

On the other hand, the UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has stated the UK does not accept the results of the Belarusian Presidential elections.

"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. We urgently need an independent investigation through the OSCE into the flaws that rendered the election unfair, as well as the grisly repression that followed," he said.

"The UK will work with our international partners to sanction those responsible, and hold the Belarusian authorities to account," he added. (ILKHA)