"Belarus has freed 123 prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski and leading opposition figure Maria Kalesnikava, in exchange for sanctions relief from the United States. John Coale, the US special envoy for Belarus, announced the lifting of sanctions on potash on Saturday after two days of talks with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk. Belarus is a leading global producer of potash, a key component in fertilisers,"
"The prisoner release was by far the biggest by Lukashenko since Trump's administration opened talks this year with the close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Western governments had previously shunned him because of his crushing of dissent and backing for Russia's war in Ukraine. Separately, Ukraine's prisoner of war coordination centre said it had received 114 prisoners released by Belarus, including Ukrainian citizens accused of working for Ukrainian intelligence and Belarusian political prisoners."
Belarus freed 123 prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski and opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava, in exchange for sanctions relief from the United States. The United States lifted potash sanctions after two days of talks in Minsk, announced by US special envoy for Belarus John Coale. Belarus is a major global producer of potash used in fertilisers. The prisoner release marks Lukashenko's largest since US engagement began during Trump's administration. Western governments had previously isolated Lukashenko over his suppression of dissent and support for Russia's war in Ukraine. Ukraine reported receiving 114 released prisoners and said they would receive medical attention and possibly be transported to Poland or Lithuania.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]