Ukraine demands from the USA more investments As part of negotiating a raw material – Bloomberga agency informed on Saturday, citing content Natural raw materials contracts and own sources, among the negotiators working on its shape.
According to Bloomberg Ukraine will bedemand significant changes in this document, because his current form can threaten Kiev aspirations to joining the European Union.
War in Ukraine. Kyiv wants amendments to the US contract
The agency reported that A meeting took place on Fridayin which representatives of Ukraine and the USA participated. Ukrainian negotiators presented their own worriesand the American side showed understanding – revealed a representative of the Ukrainian negotiating team who wanted to maintain anonymity.
The President of Ukraine Wołodymyr Zelanski pointed out on Friday that The contract cannot stand in the way of Ukraine to the EUbecause joining this organization is written in the Ukrainian constitution.
Politician At the same time, he expressed the amazement that some deputies to the parliament of his country disseminate news about the contract. Some of them sharply criticized this document when Bloomberg and the “Financial Times” revealed its content on Thursday morning.
According to the working version of the document, forwarded to the Ukrainian side, it follows that Donald Trump's administration demands “pre -emption right”. If the agreement was concluded in this form, it would mean Unprecedented economic expansion of the USA In the largest territorial state of Europe at the time when Ukraine strives to get close to the EU.
Difficult conditions for Ukraine. The USA wants compensation
The contract would grant USA priority for profitstransferred to a special fund investment reconstruction that would be controlled by Washington. Importantly, the document states that the US considers “material and financial benefits”, provided with Ukraine since the full -size invasion of Russia in February 2022, as its contribution to this fund.
As a result, this would mean that the Trump administration would force Ukraine to pay For all American military and economic support granted from the beginning of the war, before Kiev could derive any income from the partner fund – Bloomberg informed.
In addition, according to the project, the US government would have the right priority to buy Ukrainian metals, minerals as well as oil and gas, regardless of whether the fund (under American control) financed a given mining project. Agreement There is no limit temporary. According to her Kyiv he would not have the right to sell minerals. The agreement would also forbid the Kiev sales of critical minerals to the states, which are “strategic competitors” of the USA – said the American agency.