U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz greet each other with an elbow bump in Lazienki Palace in Warsaw, Poland, August 15, 2020. Janek Skarzynski/Pool via REUTERS
WARSAW (Reuters) - The United States is discussing the situation in Belarus with the European Union after last weekend's disputed election and subsequent crackdown on protesters, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday.
Speaking in Warsaw, his last stop on a tour of central Europe, Pompeo said Washington was tracking the situation in Belarus and the aim of the contacts with the EU was to "try to help as best we can the Belarusian people achieve sovereignty and freedom".
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