What is Kellogg's goal?

Journalists draw attention to the fact that it was on June 21 that the first meeting between a high-ranking White House official and the illegitimate president of the Republic of Belarus in over five years took place.

It is entirely possible that these unexpected talks indicate a sharp change in the US approach towards Belarus.

The meeting between Kellogg and Lukashenko lasted 6 hours, and their focus was on American and European sanctions against Belarus, the Russian Federation's wars against Ukraine and in the Middle East, as well as Minsk's relations with Moscow and Beijing.

There were such attempts before — during Trump's first term — but they ended in failure.

Kellogg's goals are less ambitious, focused not so much on separating Belarus from Moscow as on securing Lukashenko's assistance in a possible peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, the publication writes.