US and Ukrainian officials had a meeting in Washington yesterday, discussing the draft of an agreement through which the United States seeks to secure privileged access to Ukraine mineral resources. According to a well -informed source, cited by the Reuters news agency, the talks were made in an electrified atmosphere that did not indicate remarkable progress. The reason was said to have been that the new “maximalist” version of the text presented by the American side includes adverse terms for Kiev. The proposed agreement will give the US privileged access to Ukraine’s strategic minerals, demanding Kiev to channel the revenue of natural resources from state and private companies to a common investment fund. However, it does not provide for US security guarantees that Ukraine President Volodimir Zelenski insisted on the fight against Russian invaders who have occupied about 20% of Ukrainian territory. In the new version of the text, the claim of the […]
Source: News Beast
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