Former U.S. President Donald Trump said he held a phone conversation with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko while en route to Alaska on Friday and that he "looks forward to meeting" the Belarusian leader in the future. Trump did not specify a date or venue for a potential face-to-face meeting, and neither side immediately disclosed the subjects discussed during the call. A future encounter would mark a rare direct engagement between a senior U.S. political figure and Lukashenko, who has led Belarus since 1994 and faces Western sanctions over his government’s crackdown on dissent.