And so, we’ve come to the point where the much-fought-about ‘Minerals deal’ seems to finally be about to be signed by the US and Ukraine.
The news was first broken by a top Ukrainian official that ‘a memorandum’ has been signed with Commerce Secretary Scott Besset.
Reuters reported:
“Ukraine and the United States on Thursday signed a memorandum as an initial step towards the clinching of an agreement on developing minerals in Ukraine, Yulia Svyrydenko, Ukraine’s first deputy prime minister and economy minister, said.
‘We are happy to announce the signing, with our American partners, of a Memorandum of Intent, which paves the way for an Economic Partnership Agreement and the establishment of the Investment Fund for the Reconstruction of Ukraine’, Svyrydenko wrote on the social media platform X.”
We are happy to announce the signing, with our American partners, of a Memorandum of Intent, which paves the way for an Economic Partnership Agreement and the establishment of the Investment Fund for the Reconstruction of Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/AQsHPkWh5X
— Yulia Svyrydenko (@Svyrydenko_Y) April 17, 2025
After that, US President Donald J. Trump announced that the US will sign the ‘Minerals Deal’ with Ukraine next Thursday.
The Telegraph reported:
“Speaking at an Oval Office press conference alongside Giorgia Meloni, the Italian prime minister, he told reporters: ‘We have a minerals deal’.”
This deal has faced a bumpy road in its development. After Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky backtracked once on a negotiated draft, his team insisted with Trump administration that he be received in the White House, where they were to sign a second version. But instead, the Kiev regime’s leader chose to set himself on fire at the Oval Office and pick up a public fight with both Trump and VP JD Vance.
The Ukrainian delegation was subsequently ordered to leave the White House.
“On Thursday night, Mr. Trump said ‘I’m not a big fan’ of Mr. Zelensky, but insisted he did not hold him responsible for the war with Russia.
‘I’m not blaming him, but what I am saying is that I wouldn’t say he’s done the greatest job. I’m not a big fan. I’m not happy with him, and I’m not happy with anybody involved’, Mr. Trump said.”
Watch: Trump on Zelensky – ‘I’m not a big fan’.
Trump on Zelensky: “I wouldn’t say he’s done the greatest job okay.
I’m not a big fan, I really am I’m not a big fan.” pic.twitter.com/51JR2ifBPp
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) April 17, 2025
Details are still being worked out, but Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, said it’s pretty much the same as the last version.
“I think it’s an 80-page agreement and that’s what will be signed,” he said.
A deal between Washington and Kyiv would allow the US to have privileged access to mine Ukraine’s natural resources and critical minerals, which Mr. Trump views as a repayment for military aid provided to Kyiv under Joe Biden.”
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