File Photo: Republican Presidential Candidate and former US President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet at the Trump Tower in New York, USA, September 27, 2024.
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Ukraine and the United States reached an agreement on the approach of KIIV’s rare minerals of the country, according to media reports, as Kiyiv seeks to strengthen its ties with its key Tracani Tracani Federation under Trump administration.
The Draft Agreement provides that the two countries will jointly develop Ukraine mineral resources, including oil and gas, and that US falling requirements for right to $ 500 billion potential revenue from the agreement, According to the financial timewho first reported on Tuesday.
US President Donald Trump seems to have confirmed progress about the agreement, which is yet to be concluded.
“I hear that (Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy) comes on Friday,” Trump told reporters in an oval office Tuesday. “Certainly it is okay with me, if you would like, and he would like to sign it with me. And I understand that it’s a big deal.”
Trump said the agreement offered Kiyiv billion dollars for help and “a lot of equipment and military equipment and the right to fight against, and in the beginning, the right to fight.”
The text of the Agreement does not provide the Ukrainian guarantee for security, according to the financial time-key issue for Kiev, because it looks to a post-war future in which it is protected from further Russian aggression.
CNBC addressed the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the US State Department for a comment. Neither CNBC nor NBC News saw a copy of the “framework agreement”.
Bloomberg News and Sky News also reported that the terms of the agreement have been reached.
It is unclear how much mineral wealth lies in Ukraine, although a Ukrainian official from the Ministry of Economy allegedly said over the weekend that natural resources worth $ 350 billion are in territory occupied by Russian occupation, Kiyiv Independent reported on Sunday.
The Ukrainian Deputy Government Olha Stefanishyna allegedly conducted negotiations between Washington and Kiev at the Mineral Agreement and told the Financial Time on Tuesday that “we have heard from the US administration several times that it is part of a bigger picture.”
“Ukraine, I will say that they are very brave and that they are good soldiers, but without the United States and her money and military equipment, this war would be ended in a very short time,” Trump added on Tuesday.
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Yuriy Sak, Advisor to the Ukrainian Ministry of Strategic Industry, told the BBC on Wednesday that the contract is not exactly what the US or Ukraine wanted, but “is good enough for both for the negotiating procedure to move forward”.
“Many things we didn’t like were rejected,” he told the British television guide, adding that discussions about security guarantees should continue.
“It makes no sense to sign any job of critical minerals if the Russians can re -amounted to a month after signing the agreement,” he said.
Ukrainian leadership came under constant pressure to contract a contract with the US since the President Donald TrumpInauguration is in January. The president initially suggested that Kyiv approved 50% ownership of his rare minerals of the country as a military assistance fee provided by Ukraine. Trump previously also claimed in an interview that the contract would enable the US -in access Rare country minerals worth $ 500 billion and to pay off for the help he has already received Kiyiv.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has challenged the amount of assistance in the war now given to Ukraine, which put the figure at about $ 100 billion. Independent analysis The Kiel World Economics Institute puts the amount of US support committed to Ukraine to € 114.2 billionor $ 119.5 billion.
“From Trump I want to understand what Ukraine can get, as well as a security guarantee and contingent after the end of the hot phase of war,” Zelenskyy said on “Ukraine: The Year 2025 Forum” on Sunday, on the eve of the third anniversary in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“The agreement should be a win for US companies and Ukraine people,” he added, in the comments translated by NBC News. “I don’t sign something that 10 generations of Ukrainians will pay off.”
File Photo: Republican Presidential Candidate and former US President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet at the Trump Tower in New York, USA, September 27, 2024.
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“About () $ 500 billion. First we are dealing with the figure. I know we had $ 100 billion. That’s a fact. I won’t admit $ 500 billion … the other thing, to be honest, I’m not even ready to fix 100 billion.
Zelenskyy also noted that any help of Ukraine was still the legacy of the previous American administration under Joe Biden, adding that “as far as I understand, the contract is that there is a condition for new help.”
In separate comments last week, Zelenskyy said he couldn’t “sell” his country And that the initial proposal from the US did not offer Ukraine’s security guarantee he was looking for.
Ukrainian leader Last week he allegedly ordered his ministers not to sign out for any job, saying a proposal presented was too focused on American interests and offered Ukraine in return.