On Wednesday evening, the President of Ukraine Wołodymyr Zelnski in the speech of the video stated that he was expecting security guarantee for his country before signing a partnership agreement with the United States in the extraction of Ukrainian natural deposits. He also confirmed his visit to Washington this Friday.
– room and safety guarantees are the key to stopping Russia Before destroying the lives of other nations – said Zelanski. – Our teams work with America, we are preparing for negotiations this Friday. I will meet with President Trump. It is important to me and all of us in the world so that America's help is not interrupted. Strength is needed on the road to the room – he added.
Earlier on Wednesday, the US President Donald Trump He officially announced that Zelanski would come to the White House on Friday to sign a partnership agreement in the operation of Ukrainian natural deposits. He also declared that the US would support any peace forces from Europe, but he did not explain how.
– It's confirmed now. We will sign an agreement that will be a very big agreement – said Trump during the first meeting of his office in the White House. As he announced, all details have been agreed and the agreement will concern “metals of rare lands and other things”.
When asked what US security guarantees are able to offer, Trump said that it will not be “too much”, because this is what Europe is to do. He assessed, however, that the raw materials agreement itself would guarantee Ukraine security.
Ziłenski with a US contract regarding access to minerals: Framework agreement
Before Trump's speech, the Ukrainian president at a press conference said that Ukraine must know what he could count on from the US in connection with the agreement regarding its deposits of rare lands. He also announced that he would ask Trump directly whether the US would stop military help for Ukraine.
Zelanski also said that the compromise achieved with the United States regarding the operation of Ukrainian mineral deposits is only “beginning” and “framework agreement”. He emphasized that the success of the contract would depend on talks with the American president.
Wołodymyr ZelanskiPAP/EPA/SRINGER
He also noted that the current version of the agreement does not provide for any Ukraine's debts towards the USA.
The text of the agreement was published by the Ukrainian Prague Portal, which emphasizes that this agreement concerns “establishing the rules and conditions of the investment fund of the Reconstruction”. The parties to the agreement are the rule of the United States and Ukraine. There is no provision in the contract that Ukraine will receive security guarantees from the USA.
Valuable deposits in UkrainePAP
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As the AFP agency writes, the source in Great Britain's government He confirmed that Zelanski, returning from Washington, would be in London on Sunday, which the Ukrainian president also announced. On this day, the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer organizes a meeting with the leaders of several allied countries to talk about Ukraine.
Starmer will personally meet Trump on Thursday in the White House.
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