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In an interview with Fox News on Tuesday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has reiterated that the United States wants to support the aspirations of ‘the people on the streets’ who have been demonstrating for nearly two months, demanding the resignation of ‘longstanding leader’ Alyaksandr Lukashenka.

Watch the video above and find the answers in the interview George P. Kent, Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US Department of State and Head of the Bureau for European and Eurasian Affairs, granted to Belsat news show World and Us (Prasviet).

In Wednesday’s interview, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo suggested that top Russian officials might have had a hand in poisoning opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

The first deliveries will start in a couple of days.

On April 20, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Julie Fisher to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Belarus, the White House reports.

On March 13, Belarusian Foreign Minister Uladzimir Makey had a telephone conversation with the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. 

On March 11, the U.S. Department of State published its assessment of the human rights situation in Belarus for 2019. The report touches upon respect of integrity, political prisoners, unlawful interference of authorities into the private life of citizens, etc. The document emphasizes violations of rights of independent media, including Belsat TV. 

On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of State has published its 2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. In the paper on the human rights situation in Belarus, American diplomats focus on, among other things, the persecution of Belsat TV and its contributors.

Belarus can fully diversify its oil import, President Alyaksandr Lukashenka said on Tuesday. The officials were discussing ways to streamline the operation of the oil processing industry in Belarus in 2020 and in the future.

The United States plans to allocate $ 1 billion to support the energy independence of European countries, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on February 15 at the Munich Security Conference, UNIAN reports.

Russia is deeply concerned over the recent visit of US State Secretary Mike Pompeo to Belarus, President Alyaksandr Lukashenka told journalists at Dobrush Paper Factory on Tuesday.

At a meeting with Alyaksandr Lukashenka, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Washington would soon appoint an ambassador to Belarus, BelTA writes.