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US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will sign a critical agreement on a US mineral agreement in a “very short term” and that the war in Ukraine will end “soon”, although Kyiv says that several key points agreed.
“Under Trump, this war will end and it will end soon,” Waltz told the audience at a conservative conference on a political action in Maryland on Friday. “He’s President of Peace.”
Donald Trump called Vladimir Putin and Zelenskyy last week in an introductory offer to end the war. He then sent high US officials on Tuesday to meet with Russian officials in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, but Zelenskyy was not invited.
Washington switched to the Striptase of Language from the Annual Declaration G7 about support for Kiev, which is a Kremlin painting as an aggressor.
Ukraine has requested security guarantees from the US, as well as Europe, to ensure that any peace agreement lasts and fair, and will distract Russia from the use of a dedication for rest and again weapons, allowing him to continue the invasion.
Said the waltz Zelenskyy He wanted to develop critical minerals with US investments and claimed that the Ukrainian leader would agree to an agreement with Washington, although he did not give details about the conditions.
Last week, Zelenskyy rejected the proposal made by US Minister of Scott Scott Bessent during a visit to Kiev, saying that it was not in the best interests of Ukraine as it was written.
The agreement suggested that the US assumes ownership of about 50 percent of the right to a rare and critical minerals of Ukraine in exchange for past military assistance and did not contain any offers for future assistance.
Senior Ukrainian officials watching the proposal said FT said that Bessent demanded that Zelenskyy would sign a agreement in his presence.
Officials said they spent last week making a counterprotage, which they talked to with an American special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, Kiyiva on Thursday and Friday.
Zelenskyy suggested the fastest and most Constructive way to achieve results on Thursday night after the first meeting with Kellogg.
“Ukraine is ready for a strong and truly effective agreement with the US President on investment and security,” he added.
“We never said we didn’t want to sign (contract),” said a high Ukrainian official. “They do not understand that the draft text cannot break our constitution and, in fact, we help Trump do the right job.”
The official added that Kiyiv was trying to negotiate “a strong agreement that does not violate our laws and constitution and guarantee investments and security.”
Officials with knowledge of current negotiations said they had now made a improved proposal, but that the two sides are still working on several points.
Zelensky’s rejection of the original American agreement and the Subsequent War of Words between him and Trump last week caused concern about the strategic partnership of two nations and future American aid, which Ukraine relied on the rejection of Russian attacks.
“We want to be productive with Americans, it is not our choice to discuss,” said the Ukrainian official.
Trump falsely claimed this week that Zelenskyy had started the war, and on Friday he raised his roles, saying that the Ukrainian president did not have to be involved in negotiations to bring him over. Trump also marked Zelenskyy “dictator” in a post on social media.
“I don’t think it’s very important to be at meetings, to be honest with you,” Trump said. “When Zelenskyy said, Oh, he was not invited to a meeting, I mean, it was not a priority because he had done such a bad job so far in negotiations.”
On Friday, Waltz told his conservative’s audience outside Washington that the US had a “obligation to” US taxpayer “to make up for hundreds of billions of dollars invested in this war,” pulling applause from the crowd.
He added that Europe “often” paid for its contribution to Ukraine, so now they should be.
“Here’s the essence, President Zelenskyy will sign this job, and you will see it in a very short term,” Waltz said. “And that is good for Ukraine. What better could you have for Ukraine than being in an economic partnership with the United States? .. What better could Ukraine stop the murder?”
Waltz also portrayed Trump as a peacemaker. “The war will end in Europe. He will end wars in the Middle East. He will re -invest the United States and our leadership in his own hemisphere, from the Arctic to the border to Panama,” he said.
“By the end of all, we will receive the Nobel Peace Prize that sits next to Donald J Trump,” he added.