March 19 (Reuters) - U.S. presidential envoy John Coale met Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk on Thursday, according to the Telegram channel of Lukashenko’s administration, on the American’s latest mission to try to negotiate the release of political prisoners.
Coale has been tasked by U.S. President Donald Trump with trying to free what human rights groups say are more than 1,100 Belarusians currently behind bars because of political or human rights activity.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Mark Trevelyan;Editing by Alison Williams)
