Ukraine rejects U.S. minerals proposal, wants security guarantees – National

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is ruled his ministers focused in a proposed agreement to give the United States access to Ukraine rare earth minerals Because the document was too focus Us interests.

The proposal, that was a fees of selenskyy with US Vice-President JD fan on the side of the Munich-Security Schools in exchange, according to one current and one former annainsk official official official the calls.

The decision of Zelenskyy not to accept the proposal, to accept the proposal, at least for now, described as “short-seen” by an official home.

“I did not sign the ministers, for in my view, it is not willing to protect us, our interest,” told Zelenkyy the associated pressure on Saturday in Munich.

The proposal focused on how the FS’s rare Earth minerals could use, as compensation: all the support for future help, said the current and former Ukrainian civil servants, so they can speak freely.

Ukraine has Fast Reserves of Critical Minerals used in the Aerospace, defense and nuclear industry. The Trump administration has been indicated that it is interested in access to them to reduce, but zeleningy said to safety gardeners for Ukraine messings that screech.

“For me, very important the connection between one type of safety gestures and some type of investment,” the Ukrainian President AP.

Zelenskyy did not go into details why he is not signing his officials instruction, which was given the document to Wednesday by US Treasury Screispacary Scott Basent on Kyiv.

“It’s a colonial agreement and zeleningy can not log in,” said the former senior official.

White House National Security Council Spriesman Brian Hughes confirmed the offer explicitly that “President has been presented by the excellent opportunity that is presented the Trump Administration.”

The Trump Administration is tired of sending additional Messeh and Hughes and Hughes said to Kyiv, while sent to Kyiv, at Kyiv, at the economy of Ukraine of Ukraine.

Added Hughes that the White House of thinking is “Binding Economic ties with the United States will be the best guarantee against future aggression and an integral part of staying peace.” He added: “The US admits this, the Russians recognize this, and the Ukrainians you need to recognize this.”

US officials in calls with their Ukrainian opposites in Munich were commercial and for the most part of the specifications of exploring the minerals and how to do a possible partnership to do Ukraine, the old-official said.

The prospective value of the deposits of the deposits in Ukraine is not yet discussed, with much unexplored or near the front.

The US proposal apparently did not take into account how the deposits is secured in case of continuing Russian aggression. The official suggested that the USA have not “ready answers,” to that question and that you will be a shakings in Münchens in Mineral extraction operation in Ukraine with people and infrastructure.

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Each deal must be in accordance with Ukrainian law and acceptable to the Ukrainian people, the Senior Ukrainian Office said.

“Subilist belongs to Ukrainian,” Kseniiiy, founder of the national association of the Ukraine of Ukraine, the AP, suggest that a deal popular support.

Zelenskyy and fan scores the details of the American document not in her meeting Friday at the Munich Conference, the old-official said. This meeting was “Very good” and “contents”, with fan with his main purpose was his and trump to achieve a sustainable peace, the old-official said.

Zelenskyy told fancy is genuine peace in a “strong position” beginning your bargains, stressed the US, Ukraine and Europe to the chat for calls.

But gen. Keith Kellogg, the special envy of Ukraine and Russia, but cut Europeans talking from each Ukrainian, despite the request of Zelenskyy.

“You can have the Ukrainian, the Russians, and clearly the Americans talked at the table,” said Kellogg to an event host by an Ukrainian Tycoon at the Munich Conference. Pressed on whether Europeans will not be included, he said, “I am a school of realism. I think that will not happen.”

Ukraine is now prepared for a “Counter proposal” that will be delivered to the US in “The Heine Future,” the civil servant said.

“I think it is important that the Vice President understands that if we want to sign something, we must understand that it will work,” Skayy told the AP.

That means, he said, “It will bring money and security.”

-SSOCIATED PRESS WRitreers Aamer Madhani in Washington, DC, and Volodymyr YCreluk and Susie Blans in Kiev, Ukraine, contributed to this report.

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