2/25/2025–|Last update: 26/2/202504:50 AM (Mecca time)
US President Donald Trump has revealed that his Ukrainian counterpart, Folodimir Zellinski, may visit the United States next Friday to sign the rare mineral agreement between Washington and Kiev. Trump again criticized during statements to reporters at the White House, his country’s military spending to help Ukraine in the war against Russia.
This comes after Ukraine agreed to the provisions of the rare metal agreement with the United States, according to the French Press Agency quoted Ukrainian official. She added that the official said that the United States had deleted unacceptable paragraphs from the metal agreement.
Ukrainian media reported that, according to the Metal Agreement, the United States and Ukraine must create an investment fund for reconstruction. She added that the agreement does not stipulate that Washington own the joint investment fund with Ukraine.
For its part, the Bloomberg Agency reported who described it as informed sources that the mineral agreement between the United States and Ukraine does not include any specific security guarantees.
US officials told Bloomberg that linking Ukraine economically to the United States would constitute a actual security shield.
Ukrainian President Folodimir Zellinski said Britain, Norway and Spain will provide his country about 10.5 billion dollars to support the army, energy and humanitarian aid.
He added that Sweden will provide his country with air defenses, Denmark, Norway, Estonia and Lithuania, which will provide military support packages.
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An agreement draft
The “Axios” website had previously published the full draft of the Ukrainian mineral exploitation agreement, which it seems that Washington and Kiev were close to concluding it.
The draft agreement calls for the establishment of a reconstruction investment fund managed by the governments of the United States and Ukraine jointly in order to achieve permanent peace in Ukraine.
According to the text obtained by the site, the fund will be directed to invest in projects in Ukraine and attract investments to increase development, including areas such as mining and ports.
Ukraine and the United States will manage the fund equally to enhance the economic value associated with Ukraine resources, including metal resources, oil, gas resources, infrastructure and ports until the fund is fully funded.
The draft agreement calls for the payment of 50% of Ukraine revenues from extractable resources, including minerals, oil and gas, to the fund to be established.
The proposed deal states that the contributions to the fund by the Ukraine government will continue until it amounts to $ 500 billion.
The Ukraine government will also contribute to the fund with an amount equivalent to twice the amount of the United States to Ukraine after the date of this agreement.
On the other hand, the United States will recover some expenses related to the defense of Ukraine and its rebuilding, and the return of the country’s gross domestic product to the pre -war level.
The government of the United States of America plans to provide a long -term financial commitment to the development of Ukraine, stable and economic prosperous, as stated in the draft obtained by “Axios”.
Under the proposed deal, the United States will express its desire to keep Ukraine free, sovereign and safe.
