““I am unable to disclose any details because the meeting will only take place tomorrow””, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Tomorrow will take place in Washington technical consultations between the teams of ministries of justice and economics. And I am unable to disclose any details, because the meeting will only take place tomorrow. I will be able to comment on tomorrow, ”said Stephanishina in Brussels on April 10, Radio Liberty correspondent reports.
She confirmed journalists’ questions that the US Agreement on Minerals could not contain moments that are contrary to cooperation with the EU.
“I can really confirm that nothing in the agreement can be discussed with Ukraine in such a way that it will undermine the existing obligations of Ukraine, including financial facilities – within Ukraine facility, macro -financial assistance, cooperation with the IMF. This cannot be the subject of any negotiation format. This means that the corresponding adjustments should be made in the format of the agreement later, ”the government added.
At the beginning of this week that Ukraine will send a delegation to Washington to negotiate on the details of a new project on minerals, reported The first Viceremier-Minister of Ukraine-Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Sviridenko.
According to her, the delegation will include representatives of the ministries, foreign affairs, justice and finance.
“We strive to reconcile the choice of projects, the legislative framework and the mechanisms of long -term investment,” the government added.
Last week the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sibiga saidthat the mineral agreement is analyzed for compliance with the legislation of Ukraine, because “this agreement must be in the interests of both countries, and we have our own legislation.” In particular, the Minister noted, the document cannot contradict the European integration course of Ukraine.
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.
On March 24, US President Donald Trump saidthat expects that an agreement with Ukraine on minerals will be signed soon. Subsequently, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky confirmed that the United States is preparing a new deal of agreement. According to him, the US side offered Kiev a “big deal”.
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.
March 19 Trump and Zelensky have agreed work together to stop the war Russia against Ukraine during telephone conversationwhich the White House called “fantastic”.
