John Coale, a representative of U.S. President Donald Trump, informed Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during a meeting on Thursday that the United States was lifting sanctions on the state-run Belarusian airline Belavia, according to the Pul Pervogo Telegram channel.
Lukashenko said to Coale that he was ready to discuss the release of prisoners. Later, a spokesperson for the U.S. embassy in Vilnius said that Minsk had released 52 prisoners of various nationalities, who are now en route to Lithuania with a U.S. delegation.
