The White House is working on a list of targeted sanctions against members of the Belarusian government.
The move follows the forced landing of an EU passenger plane in Minsk and the arrest of a dissident journalist.
But Russian President Vladimir Putin has been hosting the Belarus leader in a show of support.
Al Jazeera's Rory Challands reports.
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