Ukraine and the United States have reached an agreement for a broad economic transaction that would include access to Ukraine Rare land mineralsThree senior Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday.
Officials who were familiar with this issue were subject to anonymity because they had no right to speak publicly. One of them said Kiev hoped that the agreement will provide a permanent stream of US military support, which requires Ukraine.
Agreement can be signed already on Friday and plans are drawn up on President of Ukrainian Valodimir Zelensky A trip to Washington to meet Trump, according to one of the Ukrainian officials.
Another official said military aid In Ukraine, so Kyiv seeks to finalize the deal.
President Donald Trump, speaking with journalists in the Oval office, said he had heard Zelensky, and added that “everything was fine with me if he would like to sign it with me.”
Trump called it a “very big business”, adding that it could cost a trillion dollars. It can be as you like, but these are rare land and other things. “
According to one of the Ukrainian official, some technical details should still be developed. However the project does not include controversial The proposal of Trump Administration To make profits from rare land in Ukraine for $ 500 billion in compensation for the military term Kiev.
Instead, the US and Ukraine will have a joint ownership of the fund, and Ukraine in the future makes 50 percent of future revenues from state resources, including minerals, oil and gas. One official stated that the transaction had the best investment conditions and the other said that Kyiv handed a favorable amendments and considered the result as “positive”.
However, the transaction does not include security guarantees. One official said it would be what the two presidents will discuss when they meet.
Last week, progress in transactions came after Trump and Zelensky traded a sharp rhetoric about their differences in this matter.
Zelensky said he signed a deal US Treasury Minister Scott Insent pushed during a visit to Kiev earlier this month, and the Ukrainian leader again objected a few days during Meeting in Munich With Vice President JD Vance because the US proposal did not include security guarantees.
Then Trump called Volodimir Zelensky a “dictator without elections” and claimed that his support among the voters was near rock-days.
But both sides made significant progress during a three -day visit to Ukraine last week retired General Lieutenant Keith KegoggSpecial Messenger of Trump in Ukraine and Russia.
The idea was originally proposed by Zelensky last fall as part of his plan to strengthen Kiev's hands in future negotiations with Moscow.