RFE/RL: US begins shipping oil to Belarus as ties with Minsk improveBy Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Published May 15, 2020. Updated May 15 at 8:41 pm US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk on Feb. 1, 2020. Photo by AFPSecretary of State Mike Pompeo says the first shipment of U.S. crude oil to Belarus will depart this week.Read more here.