Ukraine has not rejected the United States' offer of access to Ukrainian rare earth minerals. The agreement is still being discussed.
The corresponding statement was made by the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, Olha Stefanishyna, according to The Guardian.
According to her, Kyiv has not rejected the agreement on rare earth minerals proposed by Washington. The agreement is in the process of discussion.
"We expect that it will be signed," Stefanishyna said.
Stefanishyna was asked about possible security guarantees for Ukraine, the possible deployment of peacekeepers, as well as what she thought about the summit of European leaders, which took place yesterday in Paris.
She noted that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a "long phone call" with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, who organized the summit of European leaders.
As for security guarantees and the deployment of European troops in Ukraine, these issues are under active discussion.
Stefanishyna added that Ukraine is closely monitoring developments on the part of the United States, but is confident that the European Union, which is "hesitant on many issues," will be strong enough to help Kyiv.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on February 14, an insider from The Washington Post, Josh Rogin, stated that Zelenskyy instructed not to sign an agreement that would give the United States the rights to 50% of Ukraine's rare earth minerals.
Later, The Associated Press reported, citing sources, that the White House considers Zelenskyy's decision not to sign the agreement on rare earth minerals to be "short-sighted."
As we will recall, the Ukrainian News agency previously reported on the deposits of rare earth minerals in Ukraine and their estimated value.
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