Trump's envoy Coale meets Belarus leader Lukashenko, seeking to win more prisoner releases
Trump's envoy Coale meets Belarus leader Lukashenko, seeking to win more prisoner releases
ReutersThu, March 19, 2026 at 8:12 AM UTC
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U.S. Special Envoy for Belarus John Coale looks on as prisoners released from Belarus arrive at the U.S. embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania December 13, 2025. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
March 19 (Reuters) - U.S. presidential envoy John Coale met Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk on Thursday, according to the Telegram channel of Lukashenko's administration, on the American's latest mission to try to negotiate the release of political prisoners.
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Coale has been tasked by U.S. President Donald Trump with trying to free what human rights groups say are more than 1,100 Belarusians currently behind bars because of political or human rights activity.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Mark Trevelyan;Editing by Alison Williams)
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