# Trump envoy Coale arrives in Belarus for new prisoner-release talks

https://mins.news/en/item/58998

- Reuters, 2026-09-15 09:05 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-envoy-coale-arrives-belarus-new-talks-prisoner-releases-2026-09-15/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6aa90a45a4391a000126617f

> U.S. envoy John Coale, appointed by President Donald Trump to negotiate the release of political prisoners in Belarus, returned to Minsk on Tuesday for his first meeting with President Alexander Lukashenko in six months.

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