The United States and Ukraine signed on Wednesday the agreement that will allow the joint exploitation of Ukrainian minerals, the US Treasury department indicated in a statement.
Russia unilaterally declared a three -day temporary truce, from May 8 to 10, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. The Kremlin, however, rejects the 30 -day truce proposed by Zelenski.
Access to rare minerals in Ukraine is a Trump demand as a way to compensate for the resources that the United States has allocated in recent years to militarily support the European country against Russian invasion. Contrary to what Trump wanted, the text does not recognize as a debt to the United States the tens of billions of dollars in military and financial aid granted to Ukraine for its predecessor Joe Biden. “No debt, no help” granted before the firm “is part of this agreement,” said Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Chmyhal, to the AFP agency.
The document, which must still be ratified by the Ukrainian Parliament after its signature, does not seem to include US security guarantees against Russia, although Ukraine does not stop requesting them. Accessed by AFP on this issue, the person responsible for the presidency did not respond. The text “guarantees the equality of the parties” and provides for the creation of an “investment fund to invest in the reconstruction” of Ukraine, devastated by the war, the prime minister co -demo. According to him, the fund will be financed and managed equally by Ukrainians and American.
