Contrary to what Donald Trump wanted, the document does not plan to count Ukraine’s debt to the United States, the American aid granted by his predecessor Joe Biden since the start of the invasion in 2022, as a debt, said Svyryrydenko.
“The fact that they are not debts or credit, but investments in the Ukrainian economy is very important”she said.
The text, on the other hand, provides that the new American military aid is counted as a contribution to a Ukrain-American investment fund, the Minister recalled.
The Ukrainian contribution will be made up of 50% of the royalties drawn from new licenses issued for the exploitation of natural resources from Ukraine (oil, gas, rare ores, or 57 types of resources in total), according to this document.
-“Control of natural resources will remain, as the constitution provides, in the hands of the Ukrainian people”assured Ms. Svyrydenko.
This fund for “reconstruction” From Ukraine, ravaged by more than three years of war, will be funded and managed equally by both parties.
However, the agreement does not include American security guarantees, on which kyiv insisted, confirmed Ms. Svyrydenko.
A previous version of the agreement, proposed by Washington in March, was described by the media and experts as very disadvantage for kyiv. She was revised after difficult negotiations.
