Publishing the text of Kiev and Washington on minerals

Ukrainian media, citing statemes by Ukrainian Prime Minister Dennis Shia, announced the official completion of minerals between the US and Ukraine, detailing the agreeme.

The English newspaper Financial Times also reported today that Kiev has reached an agreeme with Washington over an agreeme in the field of minerals; A agreeme that Ukrainian officials hope to improve its relations with US Preside Donald Trump’s governme and provide the basis for a long -term US security commitme.

According to the report, the United States refused its request to receive $ 5 billion of possible income, and as a result, Ukrainian officials said Kiev was ready to sign the agreeme to joi developme of its mineral resources, including oil and gas. The Ukrainian newspaper report also states that the agreeme with the United States includes a key condition of Ukraine, namely the inclusion of security guaraees in the coract.

The Financial Times said that the Ukrainian governme is due to announce its official agreeme today (Wednesday), reporting that the agreeme does not include explicit security guaraees, but Ukrainian officials have insisted that they have achieved better conditions than the original text and that the deal was a step towards expanding the United States. Paragraph 10 of the agreeme reads: “The US governme supports Ukraine’s efforts to achieve security guaraees needed to create sustainable peace.”

“The mineral agreeme is only part of the story,” said Stefanishina, deputy prime minister and Ukrainian minister who led the negotiations. “We have heard from US officials many times that this agreeme is part of a larger image.”

The initial condition of the deal was extremely strict, and Trump had iroduced it as a way to repay US military and financial aid since the beginning of the war in year 6; This that aroused the anger of Kiev and other European capitals.

According to the report, the final version of the agreeme, which was reached on February 7, requires Ukraine to deposit 5 % of its future revenue from its state -owned mineral resources, including oil and gas and related infrastructure; But in the coext of the agreeme, it is stated that the curre income sources, which are currely part of Ukraine’s public budget revenues, will not be deposited io the fund. The fund can also invest in Ukraine’s domestic projects, but details will be announced in another agreeme.

Ukraine has a large underground reserves of crucial minerals, including lithium, graphite, cobalt, titanium and rare earth elemes such as Scandium, which are esseial for various industries from defense to electric cars.

The deal has no meion of certain security guaraees from the US; What Kiev initially insisted on accepting the agreeme. In addition, some importa issues, including the US share in the fund and the conditions of “joi ownership”, have been postponed to future agreemes.

The Trump administration’s initial plan included a proposal to create a rebuilding investme fund in which the US maiained “5 % of financial ierests”. According to the proposal, Ukraine had to provide 5 % of the fund’s revenue from the extraction of mineral resources, including oil and gas and related infrastructure up to $ 5 billion.

According to the Financial Times, the conditions, described by Ukrainian officials unacceptable, have been removed from the final version. The allocation of the fund’s investme in Ukraine is also the change that Kiev was looking for. The text of the new agreeme states that the United States will support Ukraine’s economic developme in the future.

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