“The Foreign Minister recalled that Zelensky’s Victory Plan was a point of Ukrainian resources and opportunities for partners to develop them”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
He stated this during a briefing with British colleague David Lemmy in Kiev on February 5, Radio Liberty correspondent reports. Thus, the Foreign Minister commented on the proposal of US President Donald Trump to conclude an agreement on access to minerals of Ukraine in exchange for military assistance.
“For example, there is a huge potential, especially after the cessation of Russian gas transit territory of Ukraine, in the purchase of LNG gas in the United States. You know that Ukraine has extremely powerful underground gas storage facilities. And here, too, we have common points for mutually beneficial cooperation, while intensifying Europe’s energy security, because this gas will be sufficient in the case of its pumping into our repositories to play the role of energy security in Europe, ”Sibiga said.
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He also reminded that Vladimir Zelensky’s Victory Plan had a point regarding Ukrainian mineral and natural resources and opportunities for partners to invest and develop them.
“This is our common strategic interest and it is also some of these specific implementation of the concept of” peace through power. ” Because these are also elements of certain guarantees for the presence of large business in Ukraine, major interests, interests of our closest allies, the United States of America in the development of such fields and their defense. And we really have great opportunities for this, and this position is also brought to our American friends, ”the Foreign Minister explained.
Sibiga also added that we can talk about common interest and opportunities for American business, for example, in the reconstruction of Ukraine.
“It will be one of the largest projects of this century and, accordingly, some of the largest opportunities for our allies,” he added.
US President Donald Trump stated on February 3 that wants to negotiate with Ukraine about an agreementthat will provide US access to rare earth minerals used in electronics. According to him, the Ukrainian authorities are ready for such an agreement.
In the Kremlin, commenting it, statedthat the interest of US President Donald Trump in rare earth metals of Ukraine is an offer to buy military assistance.
And the Chancellor of Germany Olaf Sholtz condemned Trump’s proposalHaving stated that to associate further defense assistance to Ukraine with the rights of access to its valuable raw materials “would be very selfish.” According to him, these resources would be better used to restore the country after the war.
At the end of September 2024, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy flew in the United States, where he presented his “Victory Plan of Ukraine” to both Democrats and Republicans, led by Donald Trump. How Financial Times journalists later found out, Two of the five points of this plan In Kiev, they were developed directly for Trump. The first point: Kyiv proposes to replace the US military in Europe after the war. The second proposal: Ukraine will share with Western partners its most important natural resources.
