The recent secret visit to Minsk by Nicolas Lerner, the head of French intelligence, on behalf of Emmanuel Macron, has sparked significant discussion. Among Belarusian democratic groups, there is speculation about a potential shift in the pan-European approach to Belarus. Is Paris genuinely prepared to establish separate relations with the regime, bypassing the United States? Did the French envoy deliver an ultimatum to Lukashenka? Political observer Vital Tsyhankou addresses these questions in the Belsat studio.