Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda nominated former presidential candidate Svetlana Tsikhanovskaya for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Tsikhanovskaya said this in her Twitter post.
"Unbelievable moment! Thankful to President Nauseda for nominating me & all people of Belarus for the Nobel Peace Prize. It's a great expression of solidarity with Belarus & acknowledgment of our peaceful fight for freedom that has been inspiring the whole world since last August," she said in her post.
As AFP reports, Belarus's three opposition leaders have been nominated for the Nobel Prize, including Veronika Tsepkalo and Maria Kolesnikova.