US-Ukraine on verge of signing mineral deal but last-minute snag emerges

The United States and Ukraine are on the threshold are signing a mineral agreement after months of negotiations and chaotic negotiations, although the Last-Minuts should still be voted.

The Ukrainian Prime Minister said that Prime Minister Yulia Styrydenko’s first deputy flew to Washington on Wednesday to sign the agreement, which is central to Kyiva’s efforts to repair ties with President Donald Trump and White House while the US president is trying to secure a peaceful settlement in Russian war In Ukraine.

The latest version of the Minerals Agreement was reached after Kiyiv provided a significant concession from Trump’s administration that only future military assistance would be counted as an American contribution to the agreement, he states Financial Times.

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In February, Trump indicated that he wanted access to Ukrainian rare materials as a condition for the continuation of American support in the war, describing it as compensation for billions of dollars in the aid that he now gave to Kiev.

But the famous oval office splashed with the Ukrainian president Vodymr Zelenskyy Set the negotiations back. However, the couple met face to face in Rome on Saturday at Popa’s funeral.

According to the draft of a new agreement that has seen Reuters, two countries would create a joint renovation fund that is funded by 50% of profits from new mineral permits in Ukraine.

The draft agreement gives an American preferential approach to new Ukrainian natural resources contracts, but does not automatically hand over Washington’s share of Ukrainian mineral wealth or any of its gas infrastructure, the draft showed.

Ukraine would not be sought to return the previous assistance that they now provided the war -destroyed country, and only the future assistance of the computer as an American contribution to the Fund.

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“Indeed, this is a strategic job to create a fund for an investment partner,” Shmyhal said on Ukrainian television. “This is a truly equal and good international agreement on joint investments in the development and renewal of Ukraine between the Government of the United States and Ukraine.”

However, the recording was made while Styrydenko’s plane went to Washington, with US officials who allegedly demanded that Ukraine sign three documents at a time – a frame, a detailed fund agreement and a technical document – which Ukraine says is not possible due to the necessary ratification of parliament, according to the financial times that quoted the situation.

A team of SCOTTA Treaster Secretaries told her that she should be ready to sign all the agreements or return home, “Finance Times reports, citing three people to introduce this issue.

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The US is looking for access to more than 20 raw materials, which are considered strategically critical of his interests, including some non-minds such as oil and natural gas. Among them are the Ukrainian Titan deposits, which are used to make aircraft wings and other aviation production, and Uranus, which is used for nuclear energy, medical equipment and weapons. Ukraine also has a lithium, graphite and manganese, used in electric vehicles.

Unlike the earlier draft, the agreement would not clash with Ukrainian according to membership in the European Union – a key provision for Kiev.

Two sides signed a memorandum, published on April 18, as an initial step towards reaching an agreement on the development of mineral resources In Ukraine. The memorandum was said to have aimed at completing talks by April 26 and sign an agreement as soon as possible.

Reuters and Associated Press contributed to this report.