Minsk released the prisoners following talks between strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko and US special envoy John Coale. Washington meanwhile agreed to sanctions relief for the Belarusian financial sector, including Belinvestbank, and removed all remaining US sanctions on potash companies Belaruskali, Belarusian Potash Company and Agrorozkvit.Coale said Lukashenko may soon visit the United States, a trip that would mark a breakthrough for the veteran authoritarian leader as he seeks to mend fences with the West after years of being treated as a pariah.Lukashenko is a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and has supported Russia's invasion of Ukraine, although without sending Belarusian troops to fight there.Belsat reporter freed