The US Presidential Administration Donald Trump has proposed to Ukraine to transfer to the US side the right to own 50% of the country's rare earth minerals. In addition, the possibility of deploying US troops to ensure the safety of the production of these minerals in the event of a peace agreement with Russia. About it reports NBC News with reference to its own sources.
According to reports, instead of financial compensation for minerals, this agreement could be a way for Ukraine to reimburse the US billions of dollars spent on military support from the beginning of a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation in 2022.
However, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has now refused to sign the document, stating that it took additional time to study the details of the agreement. This was reported by journalist The Washington Post Josh Rogin.
According to US officials, US Finance Minister Scott Bessent presented Zelensky with an appropriate proposal during a meeting in Kiev. After the negotiations, the Ukrainian president reported that his team will analyze all aspects of the document before further discussions at the Munich Conference on Security, where Zelensky met with Vice President Jay Vice Jay Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other American officials.
Zelensky stressed that the document is only a memorandum between the US and Ukraine, not a full -fledged security agreement. Consultations are currently underway on possible changes in the text of the proposal.
