Trump’s offer to Ukraine; Repeat the fate of the proposal to Afghanistan

US President Donald Trump had suggested to then -Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in 2008 to extract Washington as rare earth elements as a way to repay US long -term aid.

The US Geological Survey estimated the total value of Afghan minerals as trillion dollars, in a report released by the White House statement about the Trump and Ghani meeting. However, a few years later, in the United States, the US withdrew its troops and received nothing.

A statement issued by the White House in 2008 about the meeting of the Presidents of the Parties: They discussed the issues of economic development, including the help of US companies to rapid development of rich resources of rare earth elements of Afghanistan.

The White House wrote: The parties agreed that such initiatives would help US companies produce vital materials for national security and help the Afghan economy and create jobs in the two countries. Therefore, part of the cost of US aid is settled while increasing Afghanistan’s independence.

Rasha Todi cited a similar proposal to the Trump administration to the Ukrainian government on an agreement to extract rare metal elements in exchange for Washington’s security, weapons and security guarantees, and raised the question, “Will this idea be efficient in Ukraine?”

The agreement will allow the United States to access rare earth metals, though Ukraine does not provide any security guarantees needed in the war with Russia.

European and Ukrainian officials have expressed concern that Zleansky had made a strategic mistake without precisely specifying the terms of the agreement.

February 3, Trump said the United States expects Ukraine to give its rare metals to the United States in exchange for Washington’s military and military aid. The Washington Post newspaper quoted members of Congress as saying that US negotiators in a meeting with Zelkski on the sidelines of the Munich’s annual security conference had suggested that he give the United States a document to transfer 5 % of Ukrainian non -extracted mines.

Zelksky had said he had refused to sign an agreement with Washington on its access to his country’s mineral resources, arguing that their proposed document was “not independent in the interest of Ukraine.”

Earlier, the Financial Times reported that the Ukrainian president had rejected Washington’s proposal to seize about 5 % of his country’s rare earth mineral rights and is trying to negotiate for a better deal.

However, Zelksky’s visit to Washington last Friday and on February 7 to discuss the deal with Trump and his deputy Jedi Venus at the White House became chaos, and the deal remained uncertain.

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