Belavia had been blacklisted by the Biden administration in 2023 over alleged election fraud and the Ukraine conflict

Washington has lifted sanctions on Belarus’ flag carrier Belavia as part of the deal, which freed 52 political prisoners from the country, US President Donald Trump’s envoy John Coale has said.

The administration of former US President Joe Biden had imposed the measures in 2023 over alleged election fraud and what it described as Minsk’s “complicity” in the Ukraine conflict.

Speaking on Thursday in Minsk alongside Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Coale said he was “officially declaring” the lifting of sanctions on…

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