The mineral agreement was finally signed between the United States and Ukraine. It has been several months since this pact, the corner of the American plan for Ukraine, was on the negotiating table. US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent and the Vice-Price-Prime Ukrainian minister Yulia Svyrydenko officially endowed this economic partnership this Wednesday, April 30.
Concretely, the United States obtains priority access to Ukrainian mineral resources, and in particular rare earths. The latter, essential for high -tech devices, are a source of many lusts. « They have great rare earths. We have concluded an agreement on minerals which in theory will bring us much more than 350 billion »said the American president. The latter refers here to the billions of dollars spent by the United States to help Ukraine in its fight against the Russian military invasion.
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“A commitment to peace”
The Trump administration has been calling for this agreement for months, as a compensation for military aid granted by the United States to the country of Volodymyr Zelensky. Originally, the agreement, very favorable to the Americans, had been refused by Ukraine. It was ultimately a treaty considered much more equitable that was born. “This agreement clearly signals to Russia that the Trump administration is engaged in a peace process centered on a free, sovereign and prosperous Ukraine in the long term”, said the Treasury Secretary, Scott is in a statement. “President Trump planned this partnership between the American people and the Ukrainian people to show the commitment of the two parties in favor of lasting peace and prosperity in Ukraine. »»
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-In addition to the extraction of rare land, the American government undertakes to create an investment fund for the reconstruction of Ukraine. “We create with the United States a fund that will attract global investments to our country”announced Ukrainian minister Yulia Svyrydenko. The latter took care to specify that Ukraine kept total control of its territory, on the social network X: “It is the Ukrainian state that is responsible for the exploitation of natural resources. It is the Ukrainian state that determines what to extract and where it must be done. The basement remains the property of Ukraine, which is clearly established in the agreement. »»
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This agreement on rare earths is considered much to be one more step towards peace. Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky spoke a few minutes last Saturday, in the Saint-Pierre Basilica in Rome, on the occasion of the burial of Pope Francis. At the end of this interview, the American president had expressed his distrust of Russia in unprecedented terms.
