MINSK, February 25 (BelTA) – Belarus’ Foreign Ministry hopes that the new US administration will take constructive steps to develop bilateral relations, Igor Petrishenko, the First Deputy Foreign Minister, said when speaking in the Belarusian parliament on February 25. “The relations with the USA remain complicated not through the fault of Belarus,” the first deputy minister noted. According to him, Belarusian-US relations will normalize if Washington gives up on ultimatums. “I hope the new US administration will understand that communicating with Belarus from the position of strength and using the language of sanctions has no prospects”, Igor Petrishenko said. According to the First Deputy Minister, restoring trade between Belarus and the USA, which has been approaching $1 billion before the sanctions were imposed, remains an important issue.

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