Belarus Looking to Normalize Relations with the United States (Yauheni Preiherman – The Jamestown Foundation)

Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka welcomed U.S. Special Envoy to Ukraine, General Keith Kellogg, to Minsk on June 21 in the highest-level meeting between U.S. and Belarusian officials since February 2020.
The talks resulted in a goodwill gesture from Minsk with the release of fourteen political prisoners, including former presidential hopeful Siarhei Tsikhanouski.
The meeting symbolizes a broader effort by Minsk to re-establish normal relations with Washington and demonstrate Belarus’s role and place in regional security.

Belarus Looking to Normalize Relations with the United States – Jamestown