The United States said on Monday that it does not accept the election results in Belarus and called for new elections in the country.

"The United States does not accept the results of the election . ..We support the call for a new election," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said.

McClellan made the remarks after Belarus Central Election Commission chief Lidiya Yermoshina said in Minsk, Belarus capital, on Monday that Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled the former Soviet Republic since 1994, won a convincing victory according to a complete preliminary ballot count.

However, opponents of Lukashenko were planning a second protest against the vote in Minsk on Monday. Lukashenko has vowed to stop mass rallies like those in Ukraine, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan in recent years.

Source: Xinhua