It is a pact that signals “An improvement in relationships between kyiv and Washington”, summarizes the Wall Street Journal.
The two countries sealed Washington on Wednesday, April 30, a vast economic partnership in Washington, an investment fund in the reconstruction of Ukraine ravaged by the war and giving the Americans access to Ukrainian resources.
The agreement with the United States will finance “Movers, oil and gas extraction projects”said on Facebook the Ukrainian Minister of Economy, Ioulia Svyrydenko, who made the trip to Washington to sign the document. But Ukraine “Keep the full property and control of these resources” including the basement, and it will be “The Ukrainian state that determines where and what to extract”she insisted.
Ukraine notably has large deposits of rare land, very popular for their use in electronics, as well as graphite, lithium, titanium, uranium and other minerals.
-“The latest version of the agreement […] does not provide any concrete security guarantee to Ukraine ”notes the Washington Post. But the text indicates that kyiv and Washington agree to see the expression of a “Long -term strategic alignment” between the two countries as well as American support “To security, prosperity and reconstruction of Ukraine as well as its integration into global economic structures”.
A “victory for kyiv”
The language used in the text of the agreement “Mark a victory for kyiv, who has been looking for the support of the United States since relations between the two countries deteriorated under the chairmanship of Donald Trump”analyzes the American daily. Ukraine will require much more concrete security guarantees in the context of any future peace agreement. ”
The BBCwho looked at a video message from the American Minister of Finance Scott Bessent, announcing the agreement between kyiv and Washington, notes on his side that “The language used” by this member of the Trump administration also expresses “More solidarity with Ukraine than usual”. Bessent notably refer to “The large -scale invasion of Russia” – An expression very rarely used by Washington since Trump’s return to power.
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