White House, however, announces that it will soon “abandon” peace negotiations if there are no developments soon.
Washington and Kiev today signed a “Memorandum of intentions” In order to complete a complex agreement on access to Ukraine’s natural and mineral resources, the Ukrainian vice-minister, Yulia Svyrydenko announced.
“We are pleased to announce the signature, with our American partners, a memo of intent that paves the way to an agreement of economic partnership and the creation of the Investment fund for the reconstruction of Ukraine ”declared on social network X, Yulia Svyrydenko.
The United States and Ukraine had planned to sign an agreement on the extraction of Ukraine strategic minerals for several weeks ago, but one of the US, Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in February, temporarily suspended work on the agreement.
Trump wants the agreement, which aims Give the US part of the profits for the exploitation of Ukrainian resources and rare minerals, as compensation for the help given to Ukraine by its predecessor, Joe Biden.
Svyrydenko did not disclose details of the memorandum, but said the work was being done to reach a final agreement. “We hope the background will become an ieffectiveness to attract investments For the reconstruction of our country, modernizing infrastructure, supporting companies and creating new economic opportunities, ”he said.
“There is still a lot of work to do, but the current pace and significant progress allow the document to be very beneficial for both countries,” said Svyrydenko.
US authorities claim that reinforcing US commercial interests in Ukraine will help determine future Russian aggressions in case of ceasefire. Kiev is requiring concrete military and security guarantees as part of any agreement to end the three -year war.
But… White House wants to abandon negotiations
However, a few hours after the announcement, the White House announced that the US “They will abandon” peace negotiations If there are no developments soon. The statement was made by Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, quoted by.
“We will not continue with this effort for weeks and months on end,” he said, adding that The US has “other priorities where they should focus ”.
“We need to determine very quickly – and I am talking about a matter of days – whether or not this is feasible.” In the short term. “If it is not possible, then Let’s move on“He warned.
