By Felix Light and Mark Trevelyan

Dec 13 (Reuters) – The United States is lifting sanctions on Belarusian potash, President Donald Trump’s envoy John Coale said on Saturday after two days of talks in Minsk with President Alexander Lukashenko.

Coale, who has ‍been tasked by Trump with negotiating the release of more than 1,000 political prisoners, described it as a good move for Belarus but did not say what Lukashenko had agreed to do in return.

Belarus, a close ally of Russia, is a major producer of potash, a key component in fertiliser.

“Per the instructions of President Trump, we, the United States, will be lifting sanctions on potash,” ‌Coale was heard saying in video footage published by the Telegram ‌channel of Lukashenko’s presidential administration.

The U.S. and the European U

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