This is an agreement “History of economic partnership” With Ukraine, which was signed this Wednesday, April 30, announced the US finance minister Scott Bessent.
Oil extraction, investment fund to invest in the reconstruction of Ukraine … What does the “historic” economic agreement contain between Washington and kyiv, this Wednesday, April 30?
Resources against American aid?
According to the text, kyiv gave Americans’ green light to access the country’s natural resources. The agreement gives the right to “mineral, petroleum and gas extraction projects”, which will be funded, specifies the Ukrainian Minister of the Economy, Ioulia Svyrydenko who made the trip to Washington to sign the document. Cependant Ukraine ensures that “The full ownership and control of these resources” including the country’s basement. “It will be the Ukrainian state that will determine where and what to extract” supported the minister.
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It is still difficult today to assess the amount of mining wealth that the Ukrainian soil contains, these resources being unexploited and difficult to extract. Other black point: they are in fact under Russian control, Because being in territories occupied by the Russian army.
In exchange, the United States undertakes to set up one “Investment fund to invest in the reconstruction of Ukraine“, financed in equal parts with his co -signer. In addition, The text highlights “the important financial and material aid that the American people provided to the defense of Ukraine Since the large -scale invasion of Russia. “A mention particularly held UK Washington Donald Trump, which has brought tens of billions of dollars in Ukraine under the previous government of Joe Biden.
Washington engaged in a peace process in favor of Ukraine
This agreement aims to be a guarantee for kyiv, which replaces Washington as the main support of a “free, sovereign and prosperous Ukraine in the long term”, it is written in the press release, the United States now having an economic interest in Ukraine.
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On the other hand, The text does not seem to include American security guarantees against Russiaa request, however, strongly supported by Volodymyr Zelensky. This document must still be ratified by the Ukrainian Parliament.
