“We have a mineral agreement that, I think, will be signed on Thursday” – said President Trump during a meeting with the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Melons in the oval office, which Bloomberg quotes.
“I assume that they will keep the terms of the contract” – added Donald Trump.
A moment earlier, the President of Ukraine Wołodymyr Zelanski revealed that today on Thursday a letter of intent on the use of Ukrainian mineral deposits could be signed on Thursday on Thursday.
At the conference, the US president was asked how much time Vladimir Putin has to respond to the proposal to suspend weapons against imposing duties or additional sanctions. According to Sky News, he said: “We'll find out from them this week, in fact very short.”
“We want it to end. We want death and killing to end,” he added.
Asking Trump, the Italian Prime Minister said: “Together, we can build a fair and lasting peace. We support your efforts, Donald“.
“I think we deal well with it … I think we're close” – Trump replied.
The US President said that he did not burden Wołodymyr Zelnski's responsibility for the war in Ukraine, but admitted that “he is not his big fan.”
The US is playing hard on the contract
According to the information provided a few days ago by the Reuters agency, in the new version of the Ukrainian mineral resource exploitation agreement an unexpected requirement appeared: The US wants the transit gas pipeline of Russian gas to be transferred to the international development financing corporation (DFC), controlled by the US government, which would invest in foreign projects.
US demands are considered by Reuters to be “maximalistic”, completely subordinating the mining sector of Ukraine to American interests. The draft agreement provides the United States by privileged access to Ukrainian mineral resources, and Kiev is obliged to invest all income from the operation of resources under the joint investment fund. Profits from this fund would be reinvested in Ukrainian mining projects, but it lacks direct security guarantees for Ukraine.
