Belarus in talks with Berlin about German man on death row

In this photo distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states leaders' summit in Astana, July 4, 2024. He has detained thousands who oppose him. (Sergei Savostyanov/Pool/AFP)

Belarus and Germany are holding "consultations" over the fate of a German man reportedly sentenced to death by a court in Minsk last month, Belarus's foreign ministry said Saturday.