
Donald Trump's special envoy John Cole announced plans to unfreeze Belarusian funds in the American Citibank.
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Donald Trump's special envoy John Cole previously visited Minsk in December 2025 and March 2026.
The United States promised to return to Belarus a debt of $44 million frozen by the American Citibank. This was stated by Donald Trump's special envoy for Belarus, John Cole, as quoted by Interfax.
A few days earlier, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko announced the visit of the “best friend” of US President Donald Trump. The media suggested that we are talking about the President’s special envoy John Cole, who visited Minsk in December 2025 and March 2026.
On Tuesday, at a meeting with the Belarusian president in Minsk, Cole admitted that the US authorities had responded to Lukashenko’s recent request for Belarusian finances stuck in an American bank.
“This money must be unfrozen and returned. We asked the bank to unfreeze these funds. Now we are developing a mechanism on how to do this,” he assured.
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Development of a mechanism for the return of frozen funds in Belarus
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