Ukraine and US are at final stage of negotiations on minerals agreement, - Stefanishyna
Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna said that Ukrainian and American teams are finalising negotiations on an agreement on Ukrainian minerals.
She wrote about this on Monday on the social network X (Twitter), Censor.NET reports.
The Deputy Prime Minister noted that the negotiations were ‘very constructive’ and almost all key details have already been agreed upon.
"The Ukrainian and American teams are in the final stages of negotiations on the agreement... We want to complete them as soon as possible to move on to signing the agreement in Washington," Stefanishyna said.
According to her, this agreement will be an important step in the development of cooperation between Ukraine and the United States, which will contribute to the long-term security and prosperity of the two countries.
Today, 22 February 2025, the agreement on rare earth metals between Ukraine and the United States will not be signed.
According to Censor.NET, a source in the Office of the President informed Suspilne about this.
"There are still unanswered questions, the document needs work," the source said.
Yesterday, Suspilne's sources in the OP also said that they had been working all night on an agreement on rare earths. However, the question of security guarantees remained.
Earlier, the WSJ reported that Zelenskyy could sign a minerals agreement with the US on 22 February. Later, Sky News said that Zelenskyy was not ready to sign the agreement with the US on minerals, as it contains only unilateral commitments by Ukraine.
Fossil fuel agreement with the US
As a reminder, Trump has said he wants to strike a $500bn 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 interests.
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.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has handed over to Ukraine an "improved" draft minerals agreement that "complies with Ukrainian law".
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that if the US wants to see specific figures in the minerals agreement, then according to Ukrainian law, ratification by the Verkhovna Rada will be required.
