Ukraine and US sign the memorandum on the mineral agreement, known as Kyiv | Russia-Ukraine War News

Ukraine Official Yulia Svyrydenko has not published details on the memorandum, said the work continues to conclude a final agreement.

Ukraine and the United States signed a memorandum as a first step towards the winning agreement on development minerals In the country, the first minister and Kyiv economy Minister said.

“We are pleased to announce the signature, with our American partners, of an intention protocol, which opens the way to an economic partnership agreement and the creation of the investment fund for the reconstruction of Ukraine,” wrote Yulia Svyrydenko on the social media platform.

kyiv and Washington had discussed the signing of an agreement on the extraction of Ukraine strategic minerals in February, but a confrontation between American president Donald Trump and the president of Ukraine Volodyr Zelenskyy temporarily derailed the work on the agreement.

Trump says that he wants the agreement, designed to give the United States payments on the profits of Ukrainian exploitation of rare resources and minerals, in compensation for aid given to Ukraine by his predecessor, Joe Biden.

Svyrydenko did not publish details on the memorandum, but said that the work continued to obtain a final agreement.

“We hope that the fund will become an effective tool to attract investments in the reconstruction of our country, modernization of infrastructure, business support and the creation of new economic opportunities,” she said.

“There is a lot to do, but the current pace and significant progress give reasons to expect the document to be very beneficial for the two countries.”

The Ukrainian delegation went to Washington at the end of last week for negotiations after the Trump administration offered a larger new agreement. The initial framework agreement that has been agreed has never been signed.

“We have a mineral agreement, which, I suppose, will be signed on Thursday,” Trump for journalists in the White House earlier.

Zelenskyy had also declared earlier than the two countries could sign an online intention protocol.

“This is a protocol of intention. And we have positive and constructive intentions,” Zelenskyy told journalists in kyiv.

He added that the offer to sign the memorandum before the full agreement, which would require ratification in the Ukrainian parliament, came from the American side.

US officials say that stimulating American commercial interests in Ukraine will help Russia dissuade Russia future aggression In case of ceasefire.

Kyiv is pressure for concrete military and security guarantees as part of any agreement to stop the three -year war.