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White House Closely Monitoring Troops in Belarus as Putin Meets Lukashenko

White House Closely Monitoring Troops in Belarus as Putin Meets Lukashenko
White House Closely Monitoring Troops in Belarus as Putin Meets Lukashenko

By BRENDAN COLE

The U.S. has expressed concern at Russia’s military presence in Belarus and the prospect that it would again use its neighbor to stage attacks on Ukraine.

The comments from White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre came on Monday when Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko held a meeting in Minsk with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.

“We have long been concerned by Belarus’s role in Russia’s aggression,” Jean-Pierre said, referring to the support Lukashenko has offered Putin in allowing Belarusian territory to be used as a staging ground for attacks into Ukraine, which borders both countries.

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