Belarus opposition urges EU not to recognize election result

MINSK: Belarusian opposition leader

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya

on Wednesday urged

EU leaders

to reject the results of the presidential election which sparked massive protests and saw strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko claim a sixth term.

"I call on you not to recognise these fraudulent elections," Tikhanovskaya said in video addressed to the

European Council

, adding that "Lukashenko has lost all legitimacy in the eyes of our nation and the world."