““It would be very selfish,” said Scholtz”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“It would be very selfish, very selfish,” Scholt said after meeting with other EU leaders in Brussels.
According to him, these resources would be better used to restore the country after the war.
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US President Donald Trump said on February 3 that he wants to agree with Ukraine about an agreement that will provide US access to rare earth minerals used in electronics.
“We strive to conclude an agreement with Ukraine, for which they will provide what we give to them, with their rare earth elements and other things,” Trump said.
According to him, the Ukrainian authorities are ready for such an agreement. But Ukrainian officials have not yet commented this statement.
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. As Financial Times journalists later found out, two out of five points of this plan in Kiev 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.
“The richest country in Europe is in reserves of rare land elements – Ukraine. The cost of these rare earth elements is from two to seven trillion dollars. Ukraine is a growing breadstick for a developing world. 50% of all food supplied to Africa comes from Ukraine. It is extremely important that Ukrainians are ready to cooperate with us, not with the Russians. Therefore, in our interests, to make sure that Russia will not capture this territory, ”said Lindsey Graham, in an interview with Fox News, in an interview with Fox News.