USA-Belarus

The United State House Committee on Appropriations has approved the scaling-up of financial assistance rendered to Belarusian civil society (from $11 mln to $ 30 mln), according to a recent report.

US Ambassador to Belarus Julie Fisher granted an exclusiveinterview to Belsat TV anchorman Syarhei Padsasonny. The conversation was aired as part of Sunday’s news show Week on May, 30.

Last week US Ambassador to Belarus Julie Fisher granted an exclusive interview to Belsat TV anchorman Syarhei Padsasonny. The conversation was aired as part of Sunday’s news show Week on May, 2.

On April 16, Elisabeth Rosenstock-Siller, Acting Deputy Chief of US Mission to the OSCE, delivered a statement on the situation in Belarus to the Permanent Council in Vienna. According to her, repression in the country has not stopped.

On March 13, US Congressmen James McGovern and Christopher Smith, Co-Chairs of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in the U.S. Congress, commented on the prosecution of Belarusian blogger and journalist Ihar Losik.

Donald Trump signs Belarus Democracy Act

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.

She intends to support the aspiration of Belarusians for democracy.

On June 11, Donald Trump continued for one year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13405 dated by June 16, 2006. It was first introduced by the then US president George Bush in the wake of post-election protests.

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.

The United States is seeking to take a closer look on the situation in Belarus, Christopher Socha, Staff Director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee of the US Congress, said during his visit to Minsk.

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

American producers are ready to cover 100% of Belarus’ oil needs at competitive prices.