Ukraine expects US mineral contract on Wednesday, says Quelle
Ukraine expects US mineral contract on Wednesday, says Quelle
A mineral agreement between Ukraine and the United States could already be signed on Wednesday after weeks of intensive negotiations took place, which were temporarily heated and temporarily questioned Washington for Ukraine.
expected signing of the agreement
A source trusted with the negotiations announced CNN that Ukraine expects natural resources to sign the agreement on Wednesday. The Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Ukrainian television that Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko was on the way to Washington.
strategic partnership in focus
"We finalize the last details with our American colleagues. As soon as all the final details have been clarified, I hope that the agreement will be signed in the near future within the next 24 hours," said Shmyhal during the Ukrainian Telemarathon
background of the agreement
Shhmyhal described the agreement as a "strategic agreement to set up an investment partnership fund." The news about the possible signing of the agreement was first published by Bloomberg and the Financial Times.
The USA and Ukraine have been trying to the White House in January since the return of US President Donald Trump, a to negotiate the Washington access to the undeveloped minerals of Ukraine in exchange for investments granted.
expectations and concerns
CNN asked both the US Ministry of Finance and the White House for a statement. Trump has largely presented the agreement as a kind of "repayment" of Ukraine for the support that the United States provided to the country in February 2022
The details of the agreement have not been made public. However, Shmyhal said on Sunday that the agreement will "have no support that was provided before it was signed."
balance and cooperation
"It is an equivalent and advantageous international agreement on joint investments in the development and restoration of Ukraine between the governments of the USA and Ukraine," he added on Wednesday.
The Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj should sign the agreement during his visit to Washington in February, but the agreement remained due to a tense oval Office-Meetings unassailed.
This story continues to develop.
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