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Trump's envoy meets Lukashenko for new talks on Belarus prisoner releases

On Tuesday, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko met U.S. Special Envoy for Belarus John Coale in Tallinn, Estonia, to seek the lifting of remaining U.S. sanctions against his country.
Washington previously helped broker a March deal where Lukashenko released 250 political prisoners, lifting sanctions on two state banks, the Finance Ministry, and potash producers.
Despite these negotiations, Viasna reports Belarus still holds 912 political prisoners, including 20 journalists, as lawyer Pavel Sapelka described a 'revolving door' policy of constant new arrests.
Belarusian opposition leader-in-exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya expressed gratitude to President Donald Trump and Coale for prioritizing political prisoners, though she emphasized 'repression continues' and urged Washington to focus on emptying prisons.
Analyst Valery Karbalevich suggests U.S. contacts allow Lukashenko to reduce dependence on the Kremlin, even as he claimed, 'There is no need for us to persecute anyone for political reasons today.

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