“The Memorandum text states that Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmigal will visit Washington during the week, starting on April 21, to meet with US Finance Minister Scott Bessent”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Ukraine and the United States of America have signed a memorandum that certifies a constructive joint work on the Economic Partnership Agreement and confirms its intention to finalize and conclude an agreement that will be beneficial to both peoples. The agreement will provide for the creation of the Investment Fund for the rebuilding of Ukraine. The memorandum states that the agreement will open up opportunities for significant investments, modernization of infrastructure and mutually beneficial partnership of Ukraine and the US. In addition, he confirms the desire of the American people to invest with the Ukrainian people in a free, sovereign and safe Ukraine, ” – noted in the government.
The text of the memorandum states that Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmigal will visit Washington during the week, starting on April 21, to meet with the US Finance Minister Scott Bessent and “support a high level of technical discussions on the terms of the agreement on the creation of an investment fund.”
“The negotiation groups are expected to report progress by April 26, 2025 to complete the discussions by this date and signing as soon as possible,” the document reads.
The day before, the Minister of Economy Yulia Sviridenko reported that Ukraine and the United States “made a step” to a joint agreement on the economic partnership, signing a memorandum “which certifies the constructive joint work of our teams and intention to finalize and conclude an agreement that will be beneficial to both of our peoples.”
The minister added that the parties are preparing the creation of the Investment Fund for Ukraine. The agreement, she said, will open up opportunities for investment, modernization of infrastructure and mutually beneficial partnership of Ukraine and the United States – “for this purpose of the team are working on the document”.
Sviridenko said that the next steps will be the finalization of the text of the agreement, its signing and further ratification by parliaments.
US President Donald Trump stated that The mineral agreement is ready, and it expects it to be signed next Thursday.
March 30 Trump statedthat 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.
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