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You hear in public that the United States is ready to sign this agreement, and we are ready to sign this first agreement on the establishment of a joint investment fund. The Ukrainian government has approved it, and this is a common position of the President of Ukraine, the government, and the parliament. We are ready to communicate and come to sign it."
We have publicly received this feedback and positive signals, and we are waiting for specific agreements on the diplomatic level,
Discussed the path toward a just peace and the Mineral Agreement with the US. Economic partnership is crucial for both our countries. There is mutual understanding, and we are moving toward a decision for our leaders to make,
If Russia is desperate to sabotage the minerals deal, then Trump is onto something."
Niranjan Shankar, a non-resident scholar at the Middle East Institute, wrote on X on Sunday Zelensky blew up the rare earth minerals deal that [Secretary of State Marco] Rubio had negotiated. Now, Putin is offering his own. It will be interesting to see how Trump handles this."
Clint Russell, a podcast host, wrote on X on Saturday The Kremlin has a vested interest in preventing the United States and Ukraine from signing a mineral deal, as the deal will commit the United States to a long-term investment in Ukraine and Ukraine's sovereignty."
Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit. Thank you @POTUS, Congress, and the American people. Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that."
President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday We were planning to announce this minerals deal. That it would have been signed Friday and was a very positive step forward for all sides... That was the plan. We'll see what happens in the next 48 hours, but we are certainly looking to move forward in a positive way,
We will be open to cooperation with our American partners, and when I say ‘partners’ I not only mean administrative and governmental agencies, but also private companies if they show interest in working together,
The same is true for new territories,
Putin said, referencing areas his country has claimed since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine Russia possesses significantly higher resources of this kind (rare earth minerals) than Ukraine,
