Financial Times: US and Ukraine agreed on mineral cooperation

After the initial plan of the Trump administration to own much of Ukraine's valuable mines and reserves worth $ 5 billion Yaf Rejected, Washington is seeking to reform the project.

Accordingly, Ukrainian authorities who did not want to be named; Ukrainian negotiators came to an agreement with the United States by signing an agreement to jointly develop Ukrainian mineral resources after US President Donald Trump's administration.

The agreement comes after the United States left its initial requirement to receive $ 5 billion from the possible income of the investment.

According to the final version of the agreement, reviewed on February 7, a fund will be created that Ukraine will deposit 5 % of its future revenues from the extraction of minerals, oil and gas. The fund's resources are used to invest in Ukrainian domestic projects.

However, in this agreement, the US security guarantees that Kiev insisted on; There is no mention. Issues, such as the US share in the fund that will be created, should be reviewed and finalized in subsequent negotiations.

Earlier, US President Donald Trump had requested the heavy costs of government financial and military aid Biden To Ukraine, to take an economic agreement.