Bolton Says U.S.-Belarus Dialogue Necessary, Despite ‘Significant Issues’

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Bolton Says U.S.-Belarus Dialogue Necessary, Despite ‘Significant Issues’

MINSK – U.S. national-security adviser John Bolton has called for the United States and Belarus to engage in a dialogue about their common interests, despite “significant issues” in their bilateral relations.

In an interview with RFE/RL on August 29 shortly before his departure from Minsk, Bolton said he had told President Alyaksandr Lukashenka and other Belarusian officials that “there are significant issues in the bilateral relationship involving human rights and nonproliferation.”

But he said he also thinks that “the geostrategic environment in this part of Europe” and “global threats” should “at least cause us to have a conversation about where Belarus's interests and the interests of the United States coincide.”

Read more at; https://www.rferl.org/a/lukashenka-tells-bolton-he-wants-new-chapter-in-ties-between-belarus-u-s-/30136481.html