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Trump Speaks To Belarus Leader Ahead Of Alaska Summit With Putin
Trump thanked Lukashenko for releasing 16 prisoners and discussed freeing 1,300 more while preparing for the U.S.-Russia summit and future diplomatic engagements.
- On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump held a phone call with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ahead of his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska.
- Trump wrote on Truth Social that he had a "wonderful talk" with Lukashenko and thanked him for the release of 16 prisoners.
- During the call, the leaders discussed bilateral relations, regional issues, hotspots including Ukraine, and Lukashenko invited Trump to Minsk, which he accepted.
- Belarusian state media reported an agreement to continue contacts, and Trump described the call as 'a very good one' and said 'We are also discussing the release of 1,300 additional prisoners.'
- Lukashenko used the call to position Belarus as a diplomatic link between Washington and the Eurasian bloc, while Ukrainian officials warn negotiations excluding Kyiv are doomed to fail.
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Trump speaks with Putin ally Lukashenko, thanks him for prisoner release ahead of Alaska summit
"I had a wonderful talk with the highly respected President of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko. The purpose of the call was to thank him for the release of 16 prisoners. We are also discussing the release of 1,300 additional prisoners," Trump wrote on Truth Social
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