{"id":143539,"date":"2025-06-21T16:49:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T13:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143539\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"trumps-envoy-meets-lukasenka-in-minsk","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143539\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s envoy meets \u0141uka\u0161enka in Minsk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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June 21, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy for Ukraine, has met Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka in Minsk, Pul Pervogo<\/em>, the Belarusian ruler\u2019s unofficial Telegram channel reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYour visit sparked a lot of buzz around the world. But I wonder why? Can’t we have a normal dialogue and talk about our affairs, relations between Belarus and the United States of America?” it quoted \u0141uka\u0161enka as saying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I very much hope that our conversation will be very sincere and open. Otherwise, what is the point of the meeting? If we try to outsmart each other, we won’t get results,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141uka\u0161enka said that he was glad to see familiar faces at the meeting, most likely referring to US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Smith, who had visited Minsk in February to assist the release of three designated political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The talks focused on international issues, global and regional politics as well as Belarusian-American relations, \u0141uka\u0161enka’s press office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media reported on possible Kellogg\u2019s visit to Minsk earlier this week, as Washington has been seeking to relaunch peace talks between Ukraine and Russia that remain stalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Trump\u2019s first term, the US sought to improve diplomatic relations with Minsk, but those efforts were put on hold after \u0141uka\u0161enka declared himself the winner of the 2020 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 2022, Russia started a full-scale war against Ukraine in which the Belarusian authorities supported the Kremlin, allowing Russian troops to attack Ukraine from Belarus on multiple occasions and supplying arms to Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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