Trump says Zelenskyy will come to US on February 28 to sign mineral resources agreement
US President Donald Trump has confirmed that on Friday, February 28, his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy will come to Washington to sign an agreement on the development of Ukraine’s mineral resources.
Trump said this during a meeting of US administration ministers, Censor.NET reports.
"President Zelenskyy is scheduled to arrive on Friday, it's now confirmed. And we're going to sign an agreement, it's going to be a great deal," the White House chief said.
In addition, Trump reiterated that Europe has allegedly spent $100 billion to help Ukraine, while the United States has allegedly spent $350 billion.
"The most important thing for today is that we are going to make a deal with Russia and Ukraine to stop killing people," the American leader said.
As a reminder, on February 26, the media published the full text of the agreement between Ukraine and the United States on minerals. The main provisions of the document have already been agreed upon.
Minerals deal with the US
As a reminder, Trump has said he wants to sign a $500 billion 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 derailed the agreement on rare earth metals. The agreement was needed so that the United States could recover the money spent on supporting Ukraine.
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has handed over to Ukraine an "improved" draft of the minerals agreement that "complies with Ukrainian law."
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that if the United States wants to see specific numbers in the minerals agreement, then according to Ukrainian law, ratification by the Verkhovna Rada will be required.
On February 25, the Financial Times reported that Ukraine and the United States had agreed on the terms of the minerals agreement, and Kyiv was ready to sign the document.
