Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday held a second meeting in 17 days with the Venezuelan ambassador to Russia, at a time of mounting pressure by US President Donald Trump for the removal of Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro.

Axar.az informs, citing Reuters, Maduro told Trump in a phone call on November 21 that he was ready to leave Venezuela provided that he and his family had full legal amnesty.

The Belarusian state news agency Belta reported on November 25 that Lukashenko had received the Venezuelan envoy to Moscow that day and told him Maduro was always welcome in Belarus and it was time for him to pay a visit.

On Thursday, Belta said Lukashenko had held a further meeting with the diplomat, Jesus Rafael Salazar Velazquez.

It said Lukashenko had told him, referring to their earlier meeting: “We agreed that you should coordinate certain matters with the Venezuelan leadership, with Nicolas Maduro. We agreed that, after resolving certain issues, you would find time to come to me and meet again so we could make the appropriate decision, which is within our competence. And if necessary, we will then involve the president of Venezuela.”