The release came just hours after Belarusian authorities announced that authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko met with U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy for Ukraine in Minsk.

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Lukashenko issued pardons for all those released in response to a U.S. request, the president’s spokeswoman, Natalya Eismont, said in a statement.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko released 14 imprisoned opposition activists after meeting with a U.S. presidential envoy in the highest-level contact between the two countries in years.