美国特使约翰·科尔在白俄罗斯首都明斯克宣布了一项协议：白俄罗斯将释放25名囚犯，以换取美国进一步放松对该国的制裁1。根据这一协议，美国将取消对工业涂料制造商Lakokraska和国有林业公司Bellesbumprom的制裁1。其中，Lakokraska的制裁自2008年起实施，Bellesbumprom的制裁则自2023年起实施1。此外，美国还将解冻白俄罗斯在美国银行的数千万美元冻结资产1。
然而，人权组织Viasna表示白俄罗斯仍有超过900名政治犯被监禁1。这一释放规模远低于美国特使科尔此前提出的要求，当时他曾呼吁白俄罗斯释放250名囚犯1。西方国家对白俄罗斯的制裁始于2020年，当时卢卡申科政府镇压了反对其连任的大规模抗议活动1。
US Special Envoy John Cole announced in Minsk that Belarus will release 25 prisoners in exchange for the United States lifting sanctions on two companies and unfreezing assets.1 Under the agreement, the United States will remove sanctions against Lakokraska, an industrial paint manufacturer, and Bellesbumprom, a state-owned forestry company.1 The US will also unfreeze tens of millions of dollars in Belarusian assets held in American banks.1
The sanctions on Lakokraska have been in place since 2008, while those on Bellesbumprom were imposed in 2023.1 Cole had previously requested in March that Belarus release 250 prisoners, a figure significantly higher than the agreement reached.1 Human rights organization Viasna reports that more than 900 political prisoners remain incarcerated in Belarus.1 Western sanctions against Belarus intensified following 2020, when President Lukashenko cracked down on protests against his reelection.1
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