Zelensky: Negotiations on Minerals Agreement “were positive”, meetings will continue this week

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the negotiations that had passed between the United States and Ukraine regarding the mineral agreement were “positive”.

According to him, meetings on the agreement in different format will continue this week.

“The negotiations were passed and they were positive. It was a meeting of a technical team. Meetings at this level in different format will continue this week. So far, both sides have finished the meeting positively. I think this is a good result, ”he said during a press conference in Odessa.

Zelensky noted that after all these consultations, when the teams are ready, they will show their work.

Ukrainian delegation April 11 arrived in Washington for a new round of negotiations on an agreement Concerning minerals of Ukraine. The negotiations were reported to start on Friday and last two days.

American and Ukrainian officials met on Friday to discuss the American new project of the Minerals of Ukraine.

As Reuters reported A knowledgeable source, the prospects for the breakthrough during the discussion of a new project of the agreement were scanty.

“The negotiation atmosphere is very hostile,” the source said, pointing to the “maximalist” project represented by the Trump administration last month, which is more expansive than the original version.

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March 30 President of the United States Donald Trump saidthat Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is trying to get out of the mineral agreement, and warned that in this case, “big problems” will be expected for him.

According to the agency BloombergUkraine will offer amend the new project on mineralsin particular, the promise to increase US investments.

Newspaper Financial Times And the agency Bloombergwho have read the new project of the agreement, reported that the United States insisted on the conclusion of a new agreement with Ukraine, which will extend to all natural resources, including oil and gas, as well as the main energy assets of the country.

According to FT, the United States does not offer any security guarantees in this agreement. The previous version of the agreement also did not contain those security guarantees for Ukraine that Zelensky insisted on.

Before that, in March, Ukraine and the United States agreed to conclude an agreement on the development of critical mineral resources of Ukraine. Attempts to sign the agreement failed on February 28 after disputes between Trump and Zelensky in the White House.