I welcome with satisfaction the decision of President Lukashenko to release six political prisoners in Belarus - Mykalai Statkevich, Mykalai Dziadok, Ihar Alinevich, Jury Rubtsov, Euheny Vaskovich and Artyom Prakapenka. The European Union and the European Parliament through the Delegation for relations with Belarus have long insisted on the release and rehabilitation of all political prisoners in Belarus.