Any agreement with Donald Trump must take Belarus\u2019 interests into account, President Alexander Lukashenko has said<\/p>\n
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has announced that he is ready to secure a \u201cbig deal\u201d with the US.
\nIn a meeting with senior officials in Minsk on Tuesday, he said that after recent contacts with President Donald Trump\u2019s envoys, Belarus is willing to meet certain \u201cglobal proposals\u201d from the US.
\n\u201cBut our interests must also be taken into account. And everything must be fair,\u201d he stressed.
\nThe US has moved to reopen diplomatic relations with Belarus for purely \u201cpragmatic purposes,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n
Our policy on resuming relations with the United States must also be built exclusively on Belarusian interests.<\/p>\n
Lukashenko added that according to Belarusian national airline Belavia, despite an earlier agreement to loosen restrictions US \u201csanctions have not yet been fully lifted,\u201d and the carrier still faces certain restrictions on destinations and repairs.<\/p>\n
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The Trump administration moved to thaw relations with Belarus and lift Biden-era sanctions on Belavia last month as part of a deal that freed 52 prisoners from the country.<\/p>\n
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Washington imposed the restrictions in 2023, after accusing Lukashenko of election fraud and \u201ccomplicity\u201d in the Ukraine conflict.
\nUS sanctions on Belarus have been in place since 2021, when Washington accused Lukashenko of election fraud committed in the 2020 presidential election.
\nProtests swept the country in the wake of the vote, which Minsk has said was orchestrated by the US, Western European nations and Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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