“President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Ukraine is interested in signing an agreement with the United States on the use of natural fossils, but only after its revision, to take into account the key interests of the country.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Zelensky during online press conference with Ukrainian journalists, Ukrinform, European Truth
Details: Zelensky noted that there is nothing “fundamentally new” in this agreement – such arrangements existed at one time or another.
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“But the key question is not that Ukraine can give, but that it can get … We are really interested in signing an agreement with the United States,” he assured.
The Ukrainian president stressed that he also spoke to US President Donald Trump that “Ukraine wants to sign an agreement.”
“But when we moved to the details, it turned out that it does not contain security guarantees. And this is a fundamentally important aspect that should be at least outlined in the memorandum,” Zelensky said.
Also, according to him, some details in the document may change over time, but fundamental things should be clearly defined.
For example, Zelensky noted that if the document refers to security guarantees, then it is worth considering them in the context of NATO or alternative mechanisms.
He stressed that security guarantees are not only military assistance, but also economic and political obligations.
The Ukrainian president said that Ukraine welcomes investments from the United States, but the key issue is not just in obtaining resources, but in creating investments.
“Ukraine is not just a country of raw materials, and this should be clearly recorded in the document,” Zelensky added.
According to the media, the Trump administration suggested that Ukraine give the US 50% ownership of rare earth minerals, but Zelensky refused to sign the document. In the White House, they called this decision “short -sighted.”
It is known that for discussion of economic partnership with Ukraine, February 13, the Minister of Finance Scott Bessent arrived in Kiev. Zelensky then stated that the United States had handed over to Kyiv the first project “Partnership Agreement”, which provides for investments in minerals of Ukraine in exchange for further assistance.
On February 14, the meeting of Zelensky and Vens was postponed in Munich to give the United States an opportunity to work with the project of a memorandum on the partnership that Ukraine has completed and handed over to the Americans.