# US envoy for Belarus hopes Minsk will release hundreds more prisoners

https://mins.news/en/item/61316

- TASS, 2026-09-16 16:24 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2188631

> US special presidential envoy for Belarus John Coale said he hopes Minsk will free hundreds more prisoners. After meeting President Alexander Lukashenko, he announced that Belarus would release 25 prisoners while Washington would lift sanctions on Lakokraska JSC and Bellesbumprom. Coale also expects to return to Belarus in a month.

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