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 asked for “rare soil” in exchange for military assistance.
“We have mineral resources. This does not mean that we will hand it over to someone, not even strategic partners, “said Greeding on the social network X.” This is a partnership. Put your money. Invest. Let’s develop it together and make money, “said Greeding. 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 inventories of titanium and uranium, which he described as the largest in Europe.
Mineral wealth may not acquire Russia
The Ukrainian leader further said that it is very important for Ukraine to “maintain 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. That should be the attitude of each of us, “he said. The US President said on Friday that” probably “will 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 “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.
