{"id":526965,"date":"2026-03-19T15:50:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=526965"},"modified":"2026-03-19T16:11:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:11:22","slug":"coale-we-want-relations-between-belarus-and-lithuania-to-improve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/coale-we-want-relations-between-belarus-and-lithuania-to-improve","title":{"rendered":"Coale: We Want Relations Between Belarus and Lithuania to Improve"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The United States wants relations between Belarus and Lithuania to improve, US President\u2019s Special Envoy <b>John Coale<\/b> said after meeting with <b>Alyaksandr Lukashenka<\/b> in Minsk, BelTA reported.<\/p>\n<p>Journalists from pro-government Belarusian media asked about weather balloons, which Lithuania describes as a threat originating from Belarus. <i>&#8220;Our president has repeatedly denied this, backing it up with specific facts. What do you think about this?&#8221;<\/i> they asked.<\/p>\n<p>Coale said he listens to the leadership of Lithuania and presidents of other countries. According to him, the United States is pursuing a specific mission and seeks to improve relations between Minsk and Vilnius.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;Working with representatives of Lithuania, we see our objective. In this case, we are carrying out a humanitarian mission. We want relations between Belarus and Lithuania to improve,&#8221;<\/i> Coale said.<\/p>\n<p>It should be recalled that the day before, Coale met with Lithuanian Prime Minister <b>Inga Ruginien\u0117<\/b>, where they <a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/lithuanian-prime-minister-thanks-john-coale-for-efforts-to-secure-the-release-of-belarusian-political-prisoners\">discussed the regional security situation<\/a>, including weather balloons, irregular migration, and the detention of Lithuanian trucks in Belarus, as well as the release of Belarusian political prisoners.<\/p>\n<p>He also held a <a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/lithuanian-mps-met-coale-in-vilnius-ahead-of-minsk-visit-discussing-fertilisers-trucks-and-diplomacy\">meeting with three Lithuanian lawmakers<\/a>, who presented a position differing from that of the Lithuanian government. They discussed issues related to weather balloons, trucks stranded in Belarus, and sanctions on potash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States wants relations between Belarus and Lithuania to improve, US President\u2019s Special Envoy John Coale said after meeting with Alyaksandr Lukashenka in Minsk, BelTA reported. Journalists from pro-government Belarusian media asked about weather balloons, which Lithuania describes as a threat originating from Belarus. &#8220;Our president has repeatedly denied this, backing it up with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":526964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/69bbf5ffe7323.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Coale: We Want Relations Between Belarus and Lithuania to Improve"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338,143090],"tags":[143118],"class_list":["post-526965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news","category-politics","tag-belarus"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}