Belarus has pardoned 52 prisoners and released them into Lithuania, according to Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda on Thursday, who also thanked US President Donald Trump for his involvement.

“No man left behind! 52 prisoners safely crossed the Lithuanian border from Belarus today, leaving behind barbed wire, barred windows and constant fear,” Nausėda said in a statement on social media, adding that he is personally and “deeply grateful” to the United States and Trump .

“52 is a lot. A great many,” he added. “Yet more than 1,000 political prisoners still remain in Belarusian prisons and we cannot stop until they see freedom!”

Belarus’ strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko announced that 14 foreign nationals are among those Belarus released “at the request of the President of the

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