{"id":143841,"date":"2025-06-23T21:59:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T18:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143841\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"kellogg-calls-his-delegations-visit-to-minsk-a-great-team-effort","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143841\/","title":{"rendered":"Kellogg calls his delegation&#8217;s visit to Minsk a &#8220;great team effort&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/lukashenko_kellog_sajt_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/lukashenko_kellog_sajt_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/lukashenko_kellog_sajt_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/lukashenko_kellog_sajt_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/lukashenko_kellog_sajt_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/lukashenko_kellog_sajt_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 23, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Overall, the US delegation&#8217;s visit to Belarus was a &#8220;great team effort,&#8221; the head of the mission, President Donald Trump&#8217;s special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, has said on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our delegation met with the leader of Belarus, Lukashenka and his team. John Coale [Kellogg&#8217;s deputy] led discussions on US-Belarus bi-lateral relations which resulted in the release of 14 long held political prisoners from six countries including Japan and Poland. I discussed the RU-UKR War and how POTUS is pushing hard to stop the war and end the killing. President Trump continues to foster peace through strength,&#8221; Kellogg said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The release of the 14 prisoners was one of the key outcomes of the US delegation&#8217;s talks with Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka in Minsk on June 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group included opposition politician Siarhiej Cichano\u016dski, the husband of Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja. It also included former <em>Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty<\/em> journalist Ihar Karniej, prominent linguist Natalla Dulina, anarchist activist Akichira Haje\u016dski-Chanada, dual Belarusian-Swedish citizen Halina Kra\u015bnianskaja and businessman Siarhiej \u0160elieh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The others are opposition activist Kiry\u0142 Ba\u0142achona\u016d, Estonian Allan Roio, Latvians Jurijs Ga\u0146ins and Dmitrijs Mihailovs and Pole Jerzy \u017bywolewski. The names of three foreigners remain unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kgb_avtozak_1128_tut-by-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kgb_avtozak_1128_tut-by-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kgb_avtozak_1128_tut-by-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kgb_avtozak_1128_tut-by-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kgb_avtozak_1128_tut-by-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/kgb_avtozak_1128_tut-by.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">KGB chief: \u0141uka\u0161enka freed foreigners, dissidents hoping for reciprocity<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 23, Pozirk. Minsk expects reciprocal steps in exchange for the recent release of several jailed dissidents and foreigners, Ivan Tertel, head of the Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB), told a state-run TV channel in an interview broadcast yesterday &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/143740\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 23, Pozirk. Overall, the US delegation&#8217;s visit to Belarus was a &#8220;great team effort,&#8221; the head of the mission, President Donald Trump&#8217;s special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, has said on X. &#8220;Our delegation met with the leader of Belarus, Lukashenka and his team. 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