During the visit, Szmyhal will meet with the Minister of Finance Scott Bessent and discuss the final terms of the contract with him-the Interfax-Ukraina agency said on Friday.
“It is expected that negotiating teams will submit a report on progress until April 26, 2025 in order to terminate the interviews and conclude a contract as soon as possible,” says a letter of intent, signed online by the Ukrainian and American side on Thursday.
On signing the memorandum of intent, opening the way to an economic partnership agreement and the establishment of the Investment Fund for the reconstruction of Ukraine, the Ukrainian first deputy prime minister and minister of economy Julia Swyrydenko informed on Thursday.
According to the document, the United States and Ukraine intend to create an investment fund for reconstruction as part of economic partnership between two nations and governments. Technical talks on this subject took place on April 11-12 in Washington.
What does the memorandum contain?
The memorandum indicates that the parties took into account significant financial and material support provided by Ukraine by the United States since the full invasion of Russia in February 2022, the desire of the American nation investing in a free, sovereign and safe Ukraine, the pursuit of the United States and Ukraine for permanent peace in Ukraine and a strong partnership between their nations and government and the recognition Ukraine in international peace and security through voluntary resignation (Ukraine) from the third largest nuclear weapon arsenal in the world, “interfax-ukraine mentioned.
“The United States respect Ukraine to avoid conflicts when developing an agreement with Ukraine's accession to the European Union or contracts with international financial institutions and other official creditors,” he emphasized in the document.
Potential date of signing the contract
The Reuters agency reported, with his appointment, as a deputy minister of the finances of Ukraine, that talks regarding the signing of a mineral agreement with the USA will take place in Washington on April 24.
Earlier, the media reminded that Kiev and Washington were planning to sign a mineral agreement a few weeks ago, but they were delayed by a stormy meeting in the February of Donald Trump with Wołodymyr Zelnski in the White House.
Trump believes that an agreement, which is to enable American companies to access Ukrainian deposits of rare lands, should be a kind of payment for the help of Ukraine for the presidency of Joe Biden.
