Ukraine has concluded procedures for implementation of a deal with the United States on exploiting minerals, including the operation of an investment fund, the country\u2019s first deputy prime minister said on Tuesday.
\nYulia Svyrydenko gave few details of the latest step in securing approval of the accord, promoted by US President Donald Trump, but it was known that two additional documents were drawn up as part of its implementation.
\n\u201cAnother milestone on the path to launching the United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund: Ukraine has completed all necessary procedures on schedule,\u201d Svyrydenko wrote in English on social media.
\nShe said a note certifying completion of the process had been handed to interim US Charge d\u2019Affaires Julie Davis.
\n\u201cThese are equal agreements \u2014 forward-looking, aligned with Ukraine\u2019s national interests, and structured to ensure investment flows exclusively into Ukraine\u2019s recovery and growth,\u201d Svyrydenko wrote.
\nAfter weeks of tough negotiations following a shouting match between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Trump in the Oval Office, Svyrydenko signed the minerals agreement in Washington and it was ratified last week by the Ukrainian parliament.
\nAfter that vote, Svyrydenko described the accord as \u201cnot merely a legal construct \u2014 it is the foundation of a new model of interaction with a key strategic partner.\u201d
\nThe minerals agreement hands the United States preferential access to new Ukrainian minerals deals and sets up the investment fund, which could be used for the reconstruction of Ukraine for the first 10 years.
\nUkraine also sees the deal as a way to unlock supplies of new US weapons, especially additional Patriot air defense systems it sees as vital to protect against Russian air attacks.
\nZelensky hailed the reworked draft of the agreement as a marked improvement over earlier versions that some critics in Ukraine had denounced as \u201ccolonial.\u201d The accord also acknowledges Ukraine\u2019s bid to join the European Union. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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