{"id":5703,"date":"2025-10-14T14:51:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/?p=5703"},"modified":"2025-10-20T18:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:43:12","slug":"russias-ally-says-its-ready-for-big-deal-with-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/russias-ally-says-its-ready-for-big-deal-with-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia\u2019s ally says it\u2019s ready for \u2018big deal\u2019 with US"},"content":{"rendered":"

Any agreement with Donald Trump must take Belarus\u2019 interests into account, President Alexander Lukashenko has said<\/strong><\/p>\n

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has announced that he is ready to secure a “big deal”<\/em> with the US.<\/p>\n

In a meeting with senior officials in Minsk on Tuesday, he said that after recent contacts with President Donald Trump’s envoys, Belarus is willing to meet certain “global proposals”<\/em> from the US.<\/p>\n

“But our interests must also be taken into account. And everything must be fair,”<\/em> he stressed.<\/p>\n

The US has moved to reopen diplomatic relations with Belarus for purely “pragmatic purposes,”<\/em> the president said.<\/p>\n

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Our policy on resuming relations with the United States must also be built exclusively on Belarusian interests.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Lukashenko added that according to Belarusian national airline Belavia, despite an earlier agreement to loosen restrictions US “sanctions have not yet been fully lifted,”<\/em> 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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EU discussing Belarus policy U-turn \u2013 Guardian<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Washington imposed the restrictions in 2023, after accusing Lukashenko of election fraud and “complicity”<\/em> in the Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n

US sanctions on Belarus have been in place since 2021, when Washington accused Lukashenko of election fraud committed in the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n

Protests 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":"

Any agreement with Donald Trump must take Belarus\u2019 interests into account, President Alexander Lukashenko has said Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has announced that he is ready to secure a “big deal” with the US. In a meeting with senior officials in Minsk on Tuesday, he said that after recent contacts…<\/p>\n

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