Zelensky emphasized that the teams are working on an agreement, now there is a selection of a law firm that will represent Ukraine.
“We have chosen, in principle, there are three key companies that have agreed to work and want to work, help and represent Ukraine. They are competent. At the beginning of next week we will agree with one of three companies. Now the conditions are being said,” the president informed.
Zelensky also said that at the beginning of next week he was presented with all clauses of the agreement, as Ukraine sees it.
“At the beginning of next week, I will have a big meeting with our team, where I will be presented completely to all the points that satisfy us or which will reflect justice in our opinion, as we see. We see only partner steps in this agreement, and this is where the team will briefly present me this agreement, the main things, at the beginning of the week, and after that, in the principle, the technical team will be ready for a business trip in the USA and for a dialogue with their own For now, we are counting on a business trip to our technical team, I am not going to, ”the president emphasized.
Context
Ukraine and the United States agreed to sign an agreement on the access of Americans to Ukrainian natural resources. At first, it was only about rare earth metals, but then the terms of the transaction were expanded. The approval of the text lasted several weeks, there were several options for the project. The Ukrainian side wants a clear security guarantees that, as part of the US agreement, will be prescribed in the document, and the conditions on the need to compensate for the help provided to Ukraine were not prescribed there. President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that Ukraine “It should not recognize grants as debts, like it or not like it. “
The agreement was planned to be signed in Washington on February 28, however, at a briefing in the White House between Zelensky, US President Donald Trump and US Vice President Jay Di Wansa arose. The Americans accused Zelensky of “ingratitude” and “disrespect”. As a result, the Ukrainian delegation left the White House ahead of schedule, did not sign the agreements, and Trump said that Zelensky was not ready for the world with the participation of the United States.
CBS News, citing sources, said that now Trump is striving for a “greater, better agreement” And he wants to change it.
Radio NV, referring to sources, announced that the deal could be signed On March 11, in Saudi Arabia, but she was not signed in Jidd.
The joint statement following the meeting of the delegations of Ukraine and the USA, published on the website of the President of Ukraine, said that Ukrainian and American presidents agreed to conclude an agreement on the development of critical mineral resources of Ukraine in order to “strengthen the economy of Ukraine and guarantee long -term prosperity and safety of Ukraine.”
