— 1 of the things we do is shortly to sign an agreement on uncommon lands with Ukraine, which of tremendous value," said the president of the United States, quoted by CNN station.
Trump referred to his telephone conversations with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and separately with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenski this week, concerning the anticipation of ending the war. “We would like it to end, and I think we are doing well in this regard. I believe we will. We will see what happens – he said.
Contract signing is getting closer
The U.S. access agreement, including uncommon earth metals, was intended to be a form of payment for the aid that the United States granted to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. uncommon earth metals play a key function in modern industry, including the production of mobile phones, wind turbines or rocket systems.
The agreement on minerals was to be signed in February during Zelenski's visit to Washington. However, the gathering of the president of Ukraine with Trump and his deputy J.D. Vance in the Oval Office of the White home ended with an unprecedented argument, the Ukrainian delegation was pushed out and the agreement was not signed.
The White home Communication did not mention the mineral agreement after a Wednesday conversation between Trump and Zelenski. On the another hand, it was written that Trump raised the subject of the Ukrainian power grid and atomic power plants. He was to propose that the United States could be "very helpful" in managing power plants, and that they would be "best protection for this infrastructure".
