MOSCOW (Reuters) -Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 31 Ukrainian citizens convicted of criminal offences on the territory of Belarus, the state news agency Belta reported on Saturday.

The move was made in accordance with agreements reached between Lukashenko and U.S. President Donald Trump at the request of Ukraine, the agency quoted Lukashenko’s spokesperson Natalia Eismont as saying.

“Right now, at this very moment, they are being handed over to the Ukrainian side,” she said.

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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