Published the 01/05/2025 11:20
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On Wednesday, April 30, an agreement was sealed between the United States and Ukraine on mineral resources. At the same time, the contract will establish an investment fund for the reconstruction of the country.
The document is proudly brandished, Americans and Ukrainians signed an economic partnership agreement on Wednesday, April 30. Negotiations from the agreement had been at the heart of tensions between the two countries for several weeks. The text provides that the Americans undertake to invest in the reconstruction of Ukraine in a fund funded and managed equally between the two countries. “This partnership allows the United States to invest alongside Ukraine to develop growth advantages, mobilize talent and capital to accelerate the economic recovery of Ukraine”said Scott Bessent, the United States finance minister.
In exchange, the Ukrainians give their agreement to make the United States priority access to its natural resources, many strategic minerals coveted by the United States for months. On social networks, the Ukrainian Minister of the Economy specifies: “Full property and control remain in the hands of Ukraine. (…) It is the Ukrainian state that determines what is extracted and where”she writes.
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