Belarus leader calls Putin to reaffirm mutual cooperation, later rejects foreign mediation offers - CNN

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Saturday rejected foreign mediation offers to help stabilize the volatile situation in his country. But reached out to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a call, and both men expressed confidence that the situat… https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/15/europe/belarus-protests-putin-call-intl/index.html