It was an agreement that was discussed after US President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, as he had promised during his campaign to end the Russian -Ukrainian war, which broke out on February 24, 2022, as soon as possible. Trump said in statements in early February 2025 that Ukraine is expected to provide “rare minerals” in the United States, and considered it to pay for the financial support that Washington provides his war against Russia.
Trump explained that Ukraine has rare minerals of great value and that it wanted to “reach equality” with the Ukrainian side against American support. He said the United States has provided Ukraine aid, which surpasses a lot of other countries and said: “We have spent more than $ 300 billion US dollars, while Europe has spent around 100 billion. This is a big difference.”
Ukrainian president Foliomir Zellinski had offered the idea of concluding and protecting special agreements on rare minerals, while offering the “victory plan” in October 2024 to end the war with Russia.
Before a meeting between Trump and Zelinski, the media revealed on February 26, 2025, a draft agreement which suggests that it would be signed during the meeting held between the two parties to the White House.
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The following elements are the most important elements of the draft agreement dated February 25, 2025:
- In order to achieve permanent peace in Ukraine, the governments of kyiv and Washington establish an investment fund for reconstruction, in which it will be for the joint royal sides, and this fund is managed by representatives of the two governments.
- The fund perceives the income allocated to it and insufficient them, because it benefits financially from any sale of assets for natural resources by the Ukrainian government and converts them into funds.
- The Ukrainian government of the fund contributes 50% of all income obtained by selling natural resources assets, which may include minerals, hydrocarbons, oil, natural gas and others.
- The long -term American government is forced to develop Ukraine and make it stable and a prosperous economy, which includes the provision of additional funds and other materials necessary to rebuild it.
- The investment route in the fund is designed to allow funds in projects in Ukraine and attract investments to extend the collection of public and private assets in the country, including metal deposits, oil, natural gas and others.
- The agreement includes the appropriate guarantees, including lack of sale, mortgage or transfer of the Ukrainian government its contributions to the fund or to assets that result from it, or restrict the capacity to have funds.
- During the drafting of the agreement, the two parties wish to avoid any contradiction with the obligations of Ukraine in the context of its efforts to join the European Union, or its obligations towards financial institutions and international creditors.
- The agreement and its activities are of a commercial nature, and it must be ratified by the Ukrainian Parliament in accordance with the laws of the country on international treaties.
- The agreement pays particular attention to the surveillance mechanisms which prevent the violation of sanctions or print or other restrictions.
- The agreement is one of the bilateral and multilateral agreements, which is a step towards the establishment of permanent peace and the improvement of economic security.
- The United States supports Ukraine’s efforts to obtain security guarantees that lead to permanent peace with Russia.
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Differences between the two parties
On February 28, 2025, he gathered a hot meeting in the White House, the American and Ukrainian presidents, testifying to a sharp link between them, because Trump confirmed that Zelinski is not ready for peace, that Ukraine is in difficulty and will not triumph in the war, and that she had to accept Ceterzre aside.
During the meeting, it was planned that at the meeting, the official signature of the rare mineral agreement between the two countries, but Zelinski was invited to leave the White House after his consultation with Trump.
Later, Zellinski stressed that his country was ready to sign the rare mineral agreement with the United States, explaining that Ukraine depends on American aid and that its judgment will only do Russian president Vladimir Putin.
On March 25, 2025, Zellinski said that the United States offered Ukraine a new agreement on rare minerals and that the new document was a complete agreement which must be ratified by the Ukrainian Parliament.
Zelinski said in another statement that the mineral agreement should be profitable for the two countries and be designed to help update and rebuild Ukraine.
At the end of the month, the Secretary in the United States of the Treasury Scott, Wester, confirmed that the United States had prepared a complete copy of the metals agreement with Ukraine and that it should be signed in early April of the same year.
Sources revealed meetings held on April 11, 2025 between Ukrainian and American officials in Washington, DC, to discuss an American proposal in order to reach the richness of Ukraine minerals, noting that the possibility of reaching a breakthrough was small due to the “hostile” atmosphere in Reunion.
These tensions occurred after the recent project of the president of the president of Trump, which was more broadly compared to the original version.