Ukrainian President Volodymyr Genskyj said on Saturday that Kiev wants his allies to invest in the country’s mineral resources after US President Donald Trump has asked for “rare soil” in exchange for military assistance. TASR reports this according to the AFP news agency report.
“We have mineral resources. That doesn’t mean we’ll hand them over to someone, even strategic partners,” He said Greeny on Social Network X. “This is a partnership. Put your money. Invest. Let’s develop it together and make money,“He said Zelenskyj. Trump said the US wanted to conclude an exchange agreement with Ukraine.
Greenya said that the value of Ukrainian mineral wealth is worth “trillion dollars”, mentioning the supplies of titanium and uranium, which he described as the largest in Europe. The Ukrainian leader also said that it is very important for Ukraine to keep “all this” because these sources represent “security guarantees”, and added that he also did not want to get into the hands of Russia. According to him, Russia is currently occupying a territory where less than 20 percent of Ukrainian mineral raw materials, including approximately half of the deposits of rare soils, are located.
Trump’s call to conclude an exchange agreement on rare earths caused criticism by the German office of Olaf Scholz. “We help (Ukraine) without any remuneration. This should be the attitude of each of us,“He said.
The US President said on Friday that he will “probably” meet Greeny next week at an unreserved place outside the territory of Ukraine. On Friday on Friday, he wrote on the X platform that Ukraine and the US “are planning meetings and interviews” and “are working on details”, but did not confirm that the negotiations will take place next week.
Trump calls on Moscow and Kiev to negotiate the end of the war, which has lasted for the third year, while Russia is constantly progressing in Eastern Ukraine. The American leader said he was ready to meet the Green and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Greeding in January said that Kiev is actively working on organizing a meeting with Trump, who promised during the election campaign that he could end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours, which eventually did not happen. After the new one claims that this will happen until six months.
