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COMMENT: Lukashenko plays the Trump card in bid to end Belarus’s isolation
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has launched a calculated charm offensive towards Washington, using a mix of political prisoner releases, diplomatic gestures and strategic flattery aimed at aligning with US President Donald Trump.
The Belarusian president promises restored relations with the United States. But he emphasizes that it will not come at the cost of relations with Russia. A week ago, Minsk exchanged 123 political prisoners for the easing of American sanctions on Belarusian potash fertilizers.
About 20 political prisoners released by the regime of Alexander Lukashenko, whom he exchanged with Donald Trump's envoy John Coale in exchange for the lifting of US sanctions on Belarusian fertilizers, will settle in Lithuania. In total, A. Lukashenko released 123 prisoners, most of whom he sent to Ukraine without documents. The released prisoners share sensitive memories of their experiences in captivity.
The lifting of US sanctions on Minsk's "pink gold" leaves European agriculture exposed to third-party geopolitics.
El Confidencial
The recent and surprising announcement by the U.S. administration of lifting sanctions on Belarusian potash has provoked a geopolitical earthquake whose replicas threaten to destabilize the European Union’s autonomy strategy. The decision, the result of a direct negotiation between special envoy John Cole and the Aliaksandr Lukashenka regime, has culminated in the release of 123 political prisoners, including figures of the Nobel Peace Prize, Al…
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