АНУ-ын Ерөнхийлөгчийн тусгай элч Жон Коул Минск хотод айлчилж, Беларусийн Ерөнхийлөгч Александр Лукашенкатай уулзан тус улсын АНУ-ын банкуудад царцаагдсан хөрөнгийг эргүүлэн олгох асуудлыг хэлэлцлээ.
Александр Лукашенко өнгөрсөн долоо хоногт Беларусийн калийн бордоо борлуулсны орлого болох 44 сая ам.доллар “Citibank”-д гацсаныг мэдэгдэж, уг хөрөнгийг нэн даруй чөлөөлөхийг шаардсан юм. Жон Коул мягмар гарагт болсон уулзалтын үеэр тус банкны дансыг чөлөөлөх асуудлыг шийдвэрлэхээ амлаж, АНУ-ын засаг захиргаа энэ асуудалд анхаарал хандуулж байгааг илэрхийлэв.
Уулзалтын үеэр А.Лукашенко АНУ-тай аливаа асуудлыг хэлэлцэхэд бэлэн байгаагаа илэрхийлээд, талууд харилцан тохиролцсон гэрээ хэлэлцээрээ чанд мөрдөх ёстойг онцолжээ. Энэхүү уулзалт нь АНУ-ын тусгай элчийн сүүлийн зургаан сарын хугацаан дахь анхны айлчлал бөгөөд талууд гурван цаг орчим яриа хэлэлцээ өрнүүлсэн байна.
Дональд Трамп АНУ-ын төрийн эрхэнд эргэн ирснээс хойш Беларусь улс өөрийн улсад тавьсан хориг арга хэмжээг цуцлуулахыг идэвхтэй эрэлхийлж байна. Жон Коул Беларусийн талтай улс төрийн хоригдлуудыг суллах, бүс нутгийн аюулгүй байдлын асуудлаар хэлэлцээ хийж ирсэн бөгөөд үүний хүрээнд олон зуун хоригдлыг суллаад байгаа юм.
Хэдийгээр талууд хэлэлцээ хийж байгаа ч НҮБ-ын шинжээчид Беларусийн шүүхийн тогтолцоонд хүний эрхийн зөрчил системтэйгээр үргэлжилсээр байгааг тэмдэглэжээ. Одоогийн байдлаар тус улсад 900 гаруй улс төрийн хоригдол байгаа гэж хүний эрхийн байгууллагууд тооцоолж байна.
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The White House is seeking the release of Belarusian funds that are frozen in U.S. banks, Trump’s special envoy to BelarusJohn Coale toldPresident Alexander Lukashenko during a meeting in Minsk on Tuesday.
Lukashenko saidlast week that up to $44 million belonging to Belarus was“stuck at Citibank” and called for its return. He claimed the funds were payment for shipments of Belarusian potash, an ingredient used in fertilizers.
“Return the money! This is a disgrace for the United States. Then we will agree on more serious things,” state media quoted Lukashenko as saying in an interview.
On Tuesday, Coale said that Citibank must release the funds and promised the Belarusian president to resolve the issue.
Lukashenko told Coale, who has visited Minsk multiple times since being appointed special envoy, that his government remains open to discussing “any issues” with the United States on the condition that “we both strictly abide by our agreements.”
Belarus has sought to have U.S. sanctions lifted since Donald Trump returned to the White House last year. The Biden administration had introduced many of the sanctions in response to the 2020 election crackdown in Belarus and Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The U.S. has negotiated the release of hundreds of Belarusian political prisoners in exchange for sanctions relief since Coale initiated talks with Minsk last year. Tuesday marked Coale’s first visit to Belarus in six months.
At the latest meeting, which Belarusian state media said lasted around three hours, Coale told Lukashenko that Trump “fully supports everything we’re doing.”
Before traveling to Belarus, the American envoymet with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys in Vilnius and freed Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski in Washington to discuss regional security and ongoing prisoner releases.
Rights groups estimate that more than 900 political prisoners remain behind bars in Belarus, while UN experts reported Tuesday that “systematic” human rights violations exist across the country’s entire judicial process.
“Oh, for heaven’s sake, take them,” Lukashenko told reporters last week, expressing frustration that U.S.-Belarusian talks are “stuck” on the issue of releasing political prisoners.
Reuters contributed reporting.
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