The summit comes amid high bilateral tensions and ongoing discussions in Washington about the orientation of US foreign policy in light of the growing conflict with China.
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Belarus Plane Crisis Tightens Lukashenkoâs Awkward Embrace of Putin
For years, the leader of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, has played the West against Vladimir Putinâs Russia. Now, weakened and isolated, he is losing leverage.
President Vladimir V. Putin, center left, with his Belarusian counterpart, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2019.Credit.Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, via Agence France-Presse â Getty Images
MOSCOW â He may be the Kremlinâs closest ally, but his loyalty remains in doubt.
When Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, the eccentric and brutal leader of Belarus, forced down a European passenger jet on Sunday to arrest a dissident, he ushered in a new and even more brittle phase in one of the post-Soviet regionâs most convoluted and consequential relationships: the one between Mr. Lukashenko and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.