TRUMP SAYS U.S. WILL SIGN UKRAINE MINERALS DEAL SOON – Efforts to achieve a peace deal for the country going ‘pretty well’, Trump says
U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States will sign a minerals and natural resources deal with Ukraine shortly and that his efforts to achieve a peace deal for the country were going “pretty well” after his talks this week with the Russian and Ukrainian leaders.
Trump made the comments at a White House event after signing an order to increase U.S. production of critical minerals.
“We’re also signing agreements in various locations to unlock rare earths and minerals and lots of other things all over the world,” he said. He also said “But in particular Ukraine, we’re doing very well with regard to Ukraine and Russia. And one of the things we are doing is signing a deal very shortly with respect to rare earths with Ukraine.”
Trump referred to his discussions this week with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, which Russia invaded in 2022.
Ukraine and the U.S. said this month they had agreed to conclude as soon as possible a comprehensive agreement for developing Ukraine’s critical mineral resources, which Trump sees as a means to pay back the United States for its assistance to Kyiv.
