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- Belarus cannot attend the inaugural meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace due to visa issues.
- The Belarusian Foreign Ministry said it completed procedures but did not receive visas for Maxim Ryzhenkov and his delegation.
- The absence raises credibility concerns.
- President Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994, was invited as part of a U.S. push to normalize relations and ease sanctions.
- The meeting drew representatives from 47 nations.
