US EditionLiberal Leader: Lifting of Us Sanctions on Minsk Should Not Affect Lithuania's Position
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After the US lifted sanctions on several Belarusian companies in exchange for the release of 250 political prisoners, Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, chairwoman of the opposition Liberal Movement, believes that this decision should not affect Lithuania's position.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has come a little closer to his goal of lifting the isolation of his country in the West. On Thursday, he released 250 prisoners and obtained further relief from the US sanctions. Among the released are Marfa Rabkowa, coordinator of the volunteer network of the Vyazna Human Rights Group. She was arrested in September 2020 and served a 14-year and nine-month prison sentence for extremism and other accusat…
The United States has lifted sanctions on three Belarusian potash companies and eased restrictions on the Belarusian financial sector. In return, Minsk released 250 prisoners, the media reported, citing US envoy John Coale after his meeting with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday.
Diplomat Volodymyr Yelchenko, Head of International Policy Research at the Filip Orlyk Foundation, expressed this opinion on Espreso and Slawa.tv. The fact that Washington is lifting restrictions on some Belarusian banks and potassium producers, in my opinion, is another mistake by Trump and those around him. I am sure that there are real experts around Trump who are well aware of what is happening in Belarus. But, I think, this is not the case …
Two hundred and fifty prisoners have been released in Belarus, US President Donald Trump's envoy, John Coale, announced after a meeting with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko. The Nasha Niva news portal reported the names of more than a dozen released political prisoners. The US has lifted some sanctions against Minsk.
The US decision concerns some of the sanctions imposed on Belarusian financial institutions and potash companies.
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