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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Minsk, December 13 (Xinhua) — The United States is lifting sanctions on Belarusian potash. This was announced on Saturday by US Special Envoy for Belarus John Cole following talks with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. The news was published by Belta on the same day.
"In accordance with President Donald Trump's instructions, the US is lifting sanctions on potassium. I think this is a very good move by the US for Belarus. We are lifting them now," said J. Cole, adding that negotiations on the sanctions will continue.
"As relations between the two countries normalize, more and more sanctions will be lifted," J. Cole said, expressing hope that in the future the parties will reach a situation where there will be no sanctions at all.
According to J. Cole, the negotiations with the President of Belarus, which took place on December 12 and 13, were very productive.
"We talked about the war between Ukraine and Russia, about Venezuela. The President of Belarus mentioned many people and many things. We had a very good conversation. We talked about the future, about how to move forward on the path of rapprochement between the United States and Belarus to normalize relations. That is our goal," the US Special Envoy for Belarus emphasized, adding that the Belarusian leader is giving good advice on resolving the conflict in Ukraine.
In turn, the President of Belarus, in accordance with the agreements reached with the US President and at his request, decided to pardon 123 citizens of various countries. All were convicted under Belarusian law for various crimes, including espionage, terrorism, and extremism.
In total, 156 individuals have been pardoned recently, taking into account decisions made by the President of Belarus at the end of November of this year. Among them are citizens of the United Kingdom, the United States, Lithuania, Ukraine, Latvia, Australia, and Japan. –0–
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