{"id":577404,"date":"2026-09-16T20:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T17:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=577404"},"modified":"2026-09-17T10:09:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T07:09:55","slug":"nauseda-pledges-continued-support-for-missions-to-free-belarusian-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/nauseda-pledges-continued-support-for-missions-to-free-belarusian-political-prisoners","title":{"rendered":"Nauseda Pledges Continued Support for Missions to Free Belarusian Political Prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Lithuanian President <strong>Gitanas Naus\u0117da<\/strong> said he had met with U.S. President&#8217;s Special Envoy <strong>John Coale<\/strong> and pledged continued support for humanitarian missions to free political prisoners in Belarus.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c<span class=\"font-chirp max-w-full whitespace-pre-wrap break-words text-inherit text-[length:inherit] font-inherit\">This evening, I met with U.S. President\u2019s Special Envoy for Belarus John Coale<\/span><span class=\"font-chirp max-w-full whitespace-pre-wrap break-words text-inherit text-[length:inherit] font-inherit\">. Lithuania values the consistent efforts of U.S. President Donald Trump<\/span><span class=\"font-chirp max-w-full whitespace-pre-wrap break-words text-inherit text-[length:inherit] font-inherit\">, as well as John Coale\u2019s personal engagement, to secure the release of political prisoners in Belarus. We will continue to provide the necessary support for these humanitarian missions<\/span><\/em><em>,\u201d<\/em> he wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>Today, following talks between John Coale and <strong>Aliaksandr Lukashenka<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/full-list-of-political-prisoners-released-on-september-16-2026\">25 people were released<\/a>. They were taken from Belarus to Lithuania. In exchange, the United States will lift sanctions on Bellesbumprom and Lakokraska. Coale also said that <a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/coale-says-release-of-prisoners-and-easing-of-sanctions-will-continue\">the release of political prisoners and the lifting of sanctions will continue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This evening, I met with U.S. President\u2019s Special Envoy for Belarus <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/johnpcoale?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@johnpcoale<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lithuania values the consistent efforts of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a>, as well as John Coale\u2019s personal engagement, to secure the release of political prisoners in Belarus. <\/p>\n<p>We will continue to provide the necessary\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k7rl4iIHmc\">pic.twitter.com\/k7rl4iIHmc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gitanas Naus\u0117da (@GitanasNauseda) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GitanasNauseda\/status\/2100238538973343927?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lithuanian President Gitanas Naus\u0117da said he had met with U.S. President&#8217;s Special Envoy John Coale and pledged continued support for humanitarian missions to free political prisoners in Belarus. \u201cThis evening, I met with U.S. President\u2019s Special Envoy for Belarus John Coale. 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