Zelenskyy on his meeting with Kellogg: Restores hope. We need strong agreements with US
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the meeting with US Special Representative Keith Kellogg a renewed hope.
The head of state said this in an evening video address, Censor.NET reports.
"Today was a lot of our international work. General Kellogg is a meeting that restores hope, and we need strong agreements with America - agreements that will really work. I have instructed to work quickly and in a very, very balanced way. The economy and security should always go hand in hand, and the details of the agreements matter: the better the details are, the greater the result," Zelenskyy stressed.
He and Kellogg also discussed the frontline, the need to release all Ukrainian prisoners held in Russia, and "the need for a reliable and clear system of security guarantees so that the war does not return and so that Russians do not destroy lives."
Minerals agreement with the US
As a reminder, Trump has said he wants to strike a $500 million deal with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on access to rare earth resources and natural gas in Ukraine in exchange for security guarantees in any potential peace settlement.
President Zelenskyy said that the agreement with the US on minerals would be signed at the ministerial level when ready and subject to guarantees. Currently, this document is not ready to protect Ukraine's interest.
Later, Trump said that Ukraine had broken the deal on rare earth metals. The agreement was needed so that the US could recover the money spent on supporting Ukraine.
Later, it was reported that the Trump administration had handed Ukraine an "improved" draft of the minerals agreement that "complies with Ukrainian law".
