The United States, Ukraine can still provide ‘positive’ mineral agreement, officials say

US President Donald Trump’s hopes to make Ukraine’s rare land minerals showed us the hopes that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hopes hit a wall on Saturday.

Prospects for Washington’s support for support for war, the prospects of a economic pacthe have been tightened in recent days to end the war, but Zelenskyy has not provoked the proposal so far, the country has not yet provided a special security guarantee.

“I did not allow you to sign an appropriate agreement with the ministers, for my opinion, not ready to protect us,” Zelenskyy tell Related press in Munich on Saturday. The United States has proposed to make up 50% of the critical minerals of Ukraine, Reuters reported referring to three people.

Again, the authorities at the Munich Security Conference, said that it is coverage to negotiate with a flavored agreement on both sides.

US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said that such an agreement could be “game change” and Russian President Vladimir Putin in resolving the conflict on Saturday.

“This mineral agreement between the United States and Ukraine is a game change, because President Trump can go to the American people, and this is not a load of Ukraine, this is not a benefit,” he said. Saturday said.

“If this mineral agreement occurs, we have something to defend our previously, because we have a nightmare for Putin.”

Ukraine is extensive deposits of critical preconsurable minerals to produce high-tech products. Kyiv estimates the economic school country hosts 20 of 50 critical raw materials, including titanium, lithium and zirconia.

President Trump said he wanted Such minerals worth $ 500 billion In order to help reduce Ukraine’s dependence on China, but Zelenskyy said that any exploitation should be due to security guarantees for Ukraine.

Democratic senator Chris Coons CNBC told CNBC that the agreement could be “positive” for both sides, provided security guarantees for both sides.

“This will help Ukraine’s safety, which will be able to depend and ensure that these strategic minerals will be independent of Chinese sources and other companies and other companies in Europe … It would be a positive thing.” Said Coons.

However, it added that there are some disclosures of “this completely different” transaction.