The United States and Ukraine signed on Wednesday the agreement that will allow the joint exploitation of Ukrainian mineralsthe US Treasury department indicated in a statement.
The text details the establishment of the Investment Fund for the United States-Ukraine reconstruction and estimates that “In recognition of the important financial and material support that the American people have provided to the defense From Ukraine from the large -scale invasion of Russia, “this economic alliance allows them to collaborate and invest together to ensure that resource, talents and mutual capabilities accelerate the economic recovery of Ukraine.
Under the leadership of the US President, Donald Trump, the Treasury Department and the International Financial Corporation for Development will work together with the Ukraine Executive for “Finish program governance and advance in this important association.”
Trump and the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, would ratify the agreement at the end of February at the White House, but that was postponed due to A strong discussion that both leaders starred in the Oval Office.
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 Military support the European country against Russian invasion.
“The United States undertakes to facilitate the end of this cruel and foolish war. This agreement clearly demonstrates to Russia that the Trump administration is committed to a peace process focused on a free, sovereign and prosperous ukraine in the long term “, The Treasury Secretary, Scott Besent said in the statement.
According to the information, Trump conceived this alliance “to demonstrate the commitment of both parties to the lasting peace and prosperity in Ukraine.” “And, to make it clear, No state or person who financed or supplied the Russian war machinery can benefit from the reconstruction of Ukraine “he concluded.
Besent had admitted last minute difficulties. “The Ukrainians decided last night to make some last minute changes. We are sure they will reconsider it,” he said in the morning during the cabinet meeting, chaired by Trump. For its partthe Minister of Economy of Ukraine, Yulia Svyrydenko, ratified the pact.
“On behalf of the Ukraine government, I signed the agreement on the establishment of an investment fund for reconstruction between the United States and Ukraine.Unto with the United States, we are creating the fund that will attract international investment to our country “, Svyrydenko said on social network X.
The rubric occurs in coincidence with the first 100 days of Trump’s second mandate and with the backdrop of the negotiations to end the conflict in Ukraine.
The United States Government has insisted on the last days that Trump Patience is running out and has threatened to retire from mediation Between kyiv and Moscow if both parties do not take specific steps this week.
Russia declared on Monday, unilaterally, a three -day temporary truce, From May 8 to 10, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Victory About Nazi Germany in World War II. The Kremlin, however, rejects the 30 -day truce proposed by Zelenski.
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