Cole hopes Lukashenka will release hundreds more prisoners next month
US President Donald Trump's special envoy for Belarus, John Cole, told Reuters that he expects to visit the country again in about a month, hoping to secure the release of hundreds more prisoners.
John Cole with Alexander Lukashenka. Illustrative photo. Photo: Belarusian Presidential Press Service via AP
“I hope that hundreds (will be released). I don't know. That is my hope,” Cole said about his next planned trip to Minsk.
“I am confident that we will be able to release many more people,” he claims.