{"id":206087,"date":"2026-10-03T15:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T12:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/206087\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T15:27:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T12:27:31","slug":"minsk-working-to-organize-lukasenkas-meeting-with-trump-foreign-minister-says","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/206087\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk working to organize \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s meeting with Trump, foreign minister says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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October 3, Pozirk. <\/strong>Belarusian Foreign Minister Maksim Ry\u017eanko\u016d indicated in an interview with Russia\u2019s RIA Novosti<\/em> that Minsk is taking practical steps to organize a meeting between Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are indeed considering a meeting between the presidents in practical terms,\u201d Ry\u017eanko\u016d was quoted as saying on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly\u2019s session in New York. \u201cRespective steps are being taken to this end.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ry\u017eanko\u016d recalled that Trump had invited \u0141uka\u0161enka to participate in the first meeting of the \u201cBoard of Peace\u201d in Washington on February 19, 2026, but the Belarusian leader had decided not to travel there, citing European restrictions on Belarusian air traffic. \u201cAnd the problem is not the American side but the fact that it\u2019s rather difficult to get from Belarus to the United by air today, considering the sanctions the European Union has imposed personally on the president and overflights of our planes,\u201d Ry\u017eanko\u016d said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking on September 11, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka said that he is looking forward to meeting with US Special Envoy John Coale in Minsk and is open to business deals with the United States, including on the export of Belarusian potash fertilizers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141uka\u0161enka expressed readiness to take part in activities of Trump\u2019s Board of Peace and to meet with the US president but \u201cnot to play along there as a prop.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141uka\u0161enka said that he was open to both \u201csmall and grand bargains\u201d with Trump, indicating that he was ready to free more prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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