#Sanctions were tightened again under President #Biden after #Lukashenko allowed #Belarus to serve as a staging ground for #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine in 2022.

The exiled Belarusian opposition expressed gratitude to #Trump [🙄] & said the fact that Lukashenko had agreed to release prisoners in return for the concessions on potash was proof of the effectiveness of [Biden’s] sanctions [again, not #tariffs. Tariffs are idiotic].

#geopolitics

Trump's envoy, John Coale, had earlier told reporters in #Minsk: "Per the instructions of President Trump, we, the United States, will be lifting sanctions on potash." [as if #trump even know what potash is]

The #US under President #Biden & the #EU imposed wide-ranging #sanctions on #Belarus after Minsk launched a #violent crackdown on #protesters following a disputed #election in 2020, jailing nearly all opponents of Lukashenko who did not flee abroad.

#geopolitics