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The United States and Ukraine signed this vast economic agreement on Wednesday, April 30, April 30 in Washington.
International – An agreement sealed after muscular negotiations of several months. The United States and Ukraine signed this vast economic agreement on Wednesday, April 30, April 30, April 30, April 30, in investment fund in the reconstruction of this country ravaged by the war in return for access to the Trump administration with Ukrainian natural resources.
“I am happy to announce the signature today of the historic economic partnership agreement” With Ukraine, the United States finance minister was delighted, Scott Bessent, in a video message. “With the United States, we create this fund which will attract global investments in our country”for her part, the Ukrainian Minister of the Economy, Ioulia Svyrydenko.
The HuffPost Take stock of the content of this partnership which intervenes in parallel with multiple diplomatic discussions in progress to find a way out of the conflict, three years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
• Kiev « determines where and what to extract “
The agreement with Washington will finance “Movers, oil and gas extraction projects”said the Ukrainian Minister of Economy on Facebook. 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 said.
The quantity of mining riches contained in the Ukrainian soil remains unclear, most of these resources being unexploited, difficult to extract or de facto under Russian control, because they are in territories occupied by the Russian army.
This access to Ukrainian natural resources is therefore granted in parallel with the implementation a “Investment fund to invest in reconstruction” of Ukraine, which will be funded and managed equally by Ukrainians and Americans.
• The concept of “This” not present
The United States provided, under the former administration of Joe Biden, tens of billions of dollars in help from Ukraine, after the invasion of this country by Russia in February 2022.
President Donald Trump reiterated on Wednesday, before signing, that the United States wished, “For our efforts” With regard to Ukraine, to have something in return. “And we said: rare earths. They have very good rare land ”. “We have concluded an agreement that guarantees our money and allows us to start digging and doing what we have to do”had continued the American president, stressing that “It is also a good thing for them because there will be an American presence” a Ukraine.
The amended document does not recognize as a debt vis-à-vis the United States the American military and financial aid. “No debt, no help” granted before signing “Is not part of this agreement”said Prime Minister Ukrainian Denys Chmygal.
• Modified text after the White House altercation
The draft agreement has been at the heart of tensions between kyiv and Washington, the support of which is crucial for Ukraine for weeks.
A previous version of this text should have been signed during the visit of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House at the end of February, but his unprecedented altercation with his American counterpart, under the cameras, had precipitated his departure and canceled the signature of the agreement.
A new version, offered by Washington in March, had been deemed very unfavorable by Ukrainian and media deputies.
Over the negotiations, this document could be transformed into a more acceptable version for kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.
• Absence of security guarantees against Russia
The document must still be ratified by the Ukrainian parliament after its signature. It does not seem to include US security guarantees against Russia, however requested by Ukraine, a point on which Volodymyr Zelensky insisted.
The Kremlin also claimed on Wednesday the conquest of a Ukrainian locality in the north of the eastern region of Donetsk, epicenter of the fighting where its troops are continuing a slow advance.
At the same time, kyiv accused Moscow of increasing the intensity of his attacks on the front, despite the announcement of the Russian president of a truce from May 8 to 10.
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