Trump recalled the liberation of 16 prisoners from Belarus, which he called “a good gesture.”
Politico wrote as in June The deputy special representative of the US President in Ukraine John Cole, who previously led the political and legal strategies of Trump, made a visit to Minsk, during which the Americans and Belarusians drank vodka. Later, the journalist of the American publication Time Simon Schuster said that since the beginning of this year, Lukashenko has been conducting a confidential dialogue with the US presidential administration.
“The head of Belarus is a very respected person, a strong man, a strong leader,” Trump said.
According to the head of the White House, at the time of Cole's visit to Belarus, 1.4 thousand prisoners, including political ones, remained, and suggested that they could soon be released.
Trump himself held a telephone conversation with Lukashenko on August 15 before meeting with the illegitimate president of the aggressor country of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. According to the head of the White House, they talked, in particular, about the release of prisoners. However, Lukashenko called political prisoners “bandits” and stated that he would not release them.
