The President claims to negotiate with the Ukrainian president.
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States is close to the conclusion of an agreement on mineral resources with Ukraine. According to him, it is crucial that the funds provided by Kiev to combat Moscow will return to the US in this way. According to the AFP report, TASR writes about it.
“I negotiate with (Ukrainian) President Greeny. I negotiate with (Russian) President Putin. I try to get this money back or secure it, “Trump said.
“Europe has provided them in the form of a loan. They get their money back. We gave them in the form of nothing. So I want us to return something for all the money we gave them, “he added.
At the same time, Trump said that he expected “precious metals and oil” for the support of Washington’s Washington during a three -year conflict in Ukraine.
“We get our money back because it is simply not fair. And we’ll see, but I think we’re quite close to the agreement, “said the US President.
AFP, referring to its source, said that just a few hours before Trump’s Saturday’s speech to CPAC was not Ukrainian President Volodymyr Greeny, despite the increasing US pressure, he was ready to sign such an agreement.
The original proposal of the agreement spoke that the US demanded from Ukraine minerals worth $ 500 billion (€ 482 billion). Last week, Greenya blocked the agreement because Kiev did not provide sufficient “security guarantees”. The exact form of the proposed agreement was not published.
