Reuters cited an enlightened source saying that US and Ukrainian officials had held Friday meetings on an American proposal to reach the wealth of Ukraine minerals, adding that the possibility of reaching a small breakthrough due to the “hostile” atmosphere during the meeting.
The source said that the tension in the talks organized in Washington comes from the last proposed project presented by the administration of the American president Donald Trump, who is wider than the original version.
The source added that “the negotiation environment is very hostile”, referring to the “extremist” project presented by the Trump administration last month.
The spokesman of the American Treasury confirmed these discussions, describing it as “artistic nature”.
The latest project in the United States gives the advantages of access to mineral wealth in Ukraine and is forced to put all the income resulting from the exploitation of the Ukrainian government and private companies for natural resources in a joint investment fund.
Nevertheless, the proposed agreement does not provide American security guarantees for Kev, an absolute priority for the Ukrainian president Foliomir Zellinski, in the war against Russian forces which occupy about 20% of Ukraine.
A profitable agreement for the two countries
The source said that one of the “surprises” found in the document is to demand the United States with the control of the US government’s international development financing company on a pipeline to transport natural gas from the Russian giant Gazprom through Ukraine to Europe.
The same source added that the Ukrainian government has appointed Hagan Luvils law firm as an external advisor on the metal agreement.
Zelinski said last Wednesday that the mineral agreement should be profitable for the two countries and be designed to help Ukrainian modernization.
Enlightened sources have said that senior Ukrainian officials, including Prime Minister Dennis Shamaleh and Finance Minister Sirihai Martinko, will go to Washington within two weeks to attend the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings, including a ministerial meeting focused on Ukraine on April 25.
Trump seeks to reach an agreement that includes Ukrainian minerals, including rare minerals, as part of his efforts to end the war and also to recover billions of dollars provided in the form of American military aid in Kev.