Agreement on minerals with US will be signed by Svyrydenko or Sybiha
The bilateral agreement with the United States on the establishment of the terms and conditions of the Reconstruction Investment Fund will be signed by Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko or Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.
According to Censor.NET, this is evidenced by Order No. 164 from 26 February.
"To authorise the First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine - Minister of Economy Yulia Anatoliivna Svyrydenko or Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Ivanovych Sybiha to sign the said Agreement," the document says.
Minerals agreement 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 rare earth metals deal. 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 US wants to see specific numbers in the minerals agreement, then according to Ukrainian law, ratification by the Verkhovna Rada will be required.
On 25 February, the Financial Times reported that Ukraine and the United States had agreed on the terms of a deal on minerals, and Kyiv was ready to sign the document.
On 26 February, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the signing of a subsoil agreement with the United States.
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