““When all the final details will be finalized in the near future, I hope the next day will be signed and we will get the first step””, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Today, the first Viceremier Minister Yulia Sviridenko on the way to Washington. We already refine the final details with our American colleagues … As soon as all the final details have been finalized, in the near future, I hope the agreement will be signed in the near future and we will receive the first step, ”he said on the national telephone.
According to him, this agreement will be signed by two more technical agreements.
Earlier, Bloomberg, citing a source, reported that Ukraine is ready to sign an agreement on natural resources with the United States.
According to the media, the project of an agreement, which provides for the creation of a joint fund for the management of Ukrainian investment projects, has already been completed and can be signed on Wednesday, and the Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Sviridenko is on the way to Washington to sign the agreement.
Under the framework of the US and Ukraine agreement, Ukraine will seek to create the conditions for “increasing investments in the mining industry, energy and related technologies in Ukraine”, according to a document, which was familiarized with Bloomberg News. Washington also recognizes Kiev’s intentions that the agreement does not contradict its plans for joining the European Union, which has long been regarded as a red line for Ukraine in negotiations.
Another breakthrough was that the United States agreed that only the future military assistance that they can provide Ukraine after signing the agreement will be credited to their contribution to the Fund, according to the document.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Schmigal has recently stated that Washington has refused to insist on the inclusion in the assistance agreement for tens of billions of dollars, provided since the beginning of the Russian invasion.
Shmigal stated this after meeting with the Minister of Finance US Scott Bessent, which discussed, among other things, this agreement.
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Trump has promoted an agreement since the beginning of his second term in January. Both parties were ready to sign an agreement on natural resources in February, but it was postponed after the meeting of Trump and President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky in the oval office turned into a dispute.