
Political scientist Yuri Shevtsov said that Donald Trump is considering possible contacts with Alexander Lukashenko as part of a strategy to improve relations with Russia and curb the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine.
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Belarus is an ally of Russia. Washington views contacts with Minsk as a tool to influence the situation around the Ukrainian conflict.
US President Donald Trump is interested in contacts with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko as part of building relations with Russia. This statement was made by political scientist Yuri Shevtsov in a commentary for NSN.
“Trump sends his special envoy to Belarus, and this is the same Trump line regarding Russia. If the meeting between Trump and Lukashenko takes place, it will be part of a larger process of building direct relations between Trump and Russia,” he revealed.
According to the political scientist, Washington needs a meeting between the American and Belarusian leaders more than Minsk, since Belarus is an important ally of Russia. Shevtsov emphasized that in this way Trump wants to keep the escalation of the Ukrainian conflict.
Earlier, Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov spoke about Lukashenko’s meeting with Trump. He noted that Minsk is open to dialogue, and Lukashenko himself is convinced of the usefulness of this contact for the country.

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