DATE:
30/06/2009
Reuters News
BELARUS-USA/PRISONER (URGENT)
MINSK, June 30 (Reuters) - A U.S. senator visiting Belarus said on Tuesday the ex-Soviet republic could be about to free Emmanuel Zeltser, a U.S. lawyer convicted of industrial espionage, a key element in restoring ties between Washington and Minsk.
Senator Benjamin Cardin, a Democrat from Maryland, said President Alexander Lukashenko had told a Congressional delegation that Zeltser could even be released later in the day. (Reporting by Andrei Makhovsky in Minsk, writing by James Kilner in Moscow)
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