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United States to lift ban on Belarusian potash amid latest sign of thaw Washington And isolated autocracy.
US special envoy for Belarus John Cole meets the country’s authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko For talks in the capital of Belarus minsk On Friday and Saturday.
Minsk, a close Russian ally, has faced Western isolation and sanctions for years. Lukashenko has ruled the country of 9.5 million with an iron fist for more than three decades and has been repeatedly sanctioned by Western countries over human rights abuses and permits. moscow To use its territory in an invasion of Ukraine in 2022.