{"id":151556,"date":"2025-08-17T17:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T14:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/151556\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"lukasenka-talks-to-putin-two-days-after-trumps-phone-call","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/151556\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka talks to Putin two days after Trump\u2019s phone call"},"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\/2024\/03\/likashenko_pitin_telefon_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/likashenko_pitin_telefon_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/likashenko_pitin_telefon_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/likashenko_pitin_telefon_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/likashenko_pitin_telefon_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/likashenko_pitin_telefon_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(president.gov.by, kremlin.ru)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 17, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone two days after a call from US President Donald Trump, his press office reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sides discussed regional politics following the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska on August 15, it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minsk and Washington announced the \u0141uka\u0161enka-Trump phone call on Friday. According to Trump, the purpose of the call was to thank \u0141uka\u0161enka for freeing 16 prisoners recently. \u201cWe are also discussing the release of 1,300 additional prisoners. Our conversation was a very good one,\u201d the US president said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141uka\u0161enka also held a phone conversation with Trump\u2019s deputy Ukraine envoy, John Coale, on the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20233108_Fridman_Pozirk-00015DSC_5764-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20233108_Fridman_Pozirk-00015DSC_5764-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20233108_Fridman_Pozirk-00015DSC_5764-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20233108_Fridman_Pozirk-00015DSC_5764-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20233108_Fridman_Pozirk-00015DSC_5764.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <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\">Pundit: Trump\u2019s call to \u0141uka\u0161enka may spur further dissident releases<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 16, Pozirk. Yesterday\u2019s discussion of jailed Belarusian dissidents in a phone call between US President Donald Trump and Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka inspires some optimism, political analyst Alexander Friedman told Pozirk. Previous Washington&#039;s contacts with Minsk have always resulted in the &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/151454\">\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>August 17, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone two days after a call from US President Donald Trump, his press office reported. The sides discussed regional politics following the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska on August 15, it noted. Minsk and Washington announced the \u0141uka\u0161enka-Trump phone call on Friday. 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