The Ukrainian side is now analyzing the draft of a financial agreement with the United States on rare earth minerals. The answer is planned to be provided in Munich at the stage of meeting with US Vice President Jay De Wence.
This was reported to
Suspilne by sources in the Office of the President.
According to the source, during a telephone conversation, President Zelensky told President Trump that Ukraine had received a draft of the agreement and began to analyze the proposal, and the answer will be in Munich at the stage of meeting with the vice president.
“We are preparing to do everything as efficiently as possible to give as much benefit to Ukraine and America as possible and to make it a success. President Trump himself did not appeal to sign this agreement, the discussion was with the US Treasury Secretary. President Trump took everything positively in the conversation,” the source said.
Earlier there was a CNN material in which
повідомлялосяit was reported that Zelensky did not sign a financial agreement on rare earth minerals, which he was offered by the US Treasury Secretary Bessent.
What is known about the draft of the financial agreement between Ukraine and the United States
On the eve of February 12, Zelensky said that US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant had brought to Ukraine a draft agreement on access to Ukrainian minerals for $ 500 billion in exchange for Washington's help. The President then noted that the Ukrainian side wants to study the details of the document as soon as possible.
"We will do everything to study all the details of the document, we will do everything in order to have time for or to the Munich Security Conference, because we do not want to waste time. I will do everything to make the team of government officials now work for the next 2 days and we were able to fix some agreements in Munich," Zelensky said.
On February 3, Trump
said that the United States wants to get rare earth metals from Kyiv in exchange for help, and Ukraine is ready to do so.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
commented on Trump's interest in rare earth metals located in the Ukrainian depths, and said that Ukraine is open to American investments in this area.
On February 12, Trump said that Ukraine "essentially agreed"
to provide the United States with access to rare earth metals for $500 billion as a fee for military assistance that Washington provided to Kiev.