Telephone Contact Trump – Lukashenko just before the Alaska Summit

Donald Trump had a telephone conversation with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, a faithful ally of Vladimir Putin today (15/8), a few hours before the long -awaited summit between US presidents and Russia. “I had an excellent conversation with the respectable president of Belarus,” Trump said in a post while traveling with the US presidential aircraft to Anchorage, a meeting with his Russian counterpart. “We discussed many issues, including President Putin’s visit to Alaska,” the US president said, stressing that he was expecting to meet Lukashenko in the future. ” “Lukashenko and Trump had a phone conversation,” the state -run news agency Belta said. Trump noted that the purpose of the telephone communication was to thank Lukashenko for the release of 16 prisoners and to encourage 1,300 more.
Source: News Beast

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