After a long freeze, US has recently warmed ties with a country that is often described as Europe's last dictatorship. FMTNews
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko greets US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a meeting in Minsk.
“Two-and-a-half decades, that’s too long, we’re a bit overdue,” he said at a press conference with Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei following talks with the president. “We are confident that together we can make real progress across every dimension of our relationship,” he said. He jokingly referred his authoritarian rule as they shook hands, saying: “what makes our dictatorship different is that everyone rests at the weekend but the president works.”
“Our energy producers stand ready to deliver 100% of the oil you need at competitive prices,” he said at the press conference.The US opposes Moscow’s ambitions to draw Belarus even more tightly into its sphere of influence.Russia and Belarus have long had close trade and military cooperation, but the Kremlin has called for deeper integration while Lukashenko has opposed outright unification.
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