Donald Trump is looking for American control over all rare minerals and energy assets of Ukraine – including oil and gas – in extraordinary new proposals for KYIV.
Trump’s last proposals go much further than the mineral agreement that collapsed last month during the disastrous white home visit of VolodyMyr Zensky, several news shops reported Thursday.
The new deal would see that the US receives all royalties from such assets until Ukraine has paid off at least $ 100 billion war debt and KYIV has only acted 50 percent afterwards – while in exchange they do not offer no guarantees for security for Russian aggression.
Moreover, the US would give a veto a veto over every sale of Ukrainian drugs to other countries, making it possible to block a future way for Ukraine to become a member of the European Union.
One KYIV officer described the proposal as “theft” for the Financial timesWhile Alan Riley, an expert in the field of energy law at the Atlantic Council, told De Telegraaf: “I have never seen anything like that … I have to wonder if the real intention might not be to force Zensky to reject it.”
Under the latest proposals, all mineral and energy assets of Ukraine and related infrastructure, such as ports, railways, roads and production facilities are placed under the control of a new reconstruction investment fund of the United States-Ukraine, based in Delaware.
Three of the five board members of the new fund would be chosen by the US, so that Washington hands over full veto power over the sale of resources to third parties.
The US would receive all the royalties from the fund until Ukraine has paid off at least $ 100 billion war debt, plus 4 percent interest, after which KYIV would only receive 50 percent of the royalties.
Washington would receive a “right of first offer” on investments in all projects for infrastructure and natural resources, while Ukraine would be prevented from intervening in the daily management of the fund, Bloomberg reported.
The fund’s profit would be directly converted into foreign currency, where Ukraine is held liable for compensation in the event of delays or disputes, according to the Ft.
Three senior Ukrainian officials told the outlet that it is unlikely that a deal will be signed next week, unlike claims in Washington. It is said that the new American design proposal has labeled ‘unfair’, while another described it as ‘theft’.
A third official was quoted that KYIV invoked a team of legal advisers to investigate the document-that was reportedly delivered to Ukraine last weekend while they prepare a counter offer.
Mr. Riley described it as an “expropriation document,” said, “There are no guarantees, no defense clauses, the US does not put anything on. The Americans can run away, the Ukrainians can’t do that. I have never seen anything like that.”
Note that the new proposals “are not compatible with EU membership,” the trade expert added: “Perhaps that is part of the goal.”
After a meeting of the European allies of Ukraine in Paris on Thursday to discuss a possible peace force, Mr. Zensky said that the US had “constantly” changed the conditions of the proposed minerals with Ukraine – but added that he didn’t want Washington to think that Kyiv was against the deal.
“We support the collaboration with the US, we don’t want to give any signal that the US can ask to stop help to Ukraine,” said Zensky, and emphasized the pressure used by Washington about an ally trapped in an existential war against Russia.
While the US said on Tuesday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to a cessation -the Black Sea and Energy Fires, Ukrainian officers accused Russia on Thursday of the harmful energy infrastructure in Kherson with artillery attacks.
“Two days ago there was a night when there were no strikes on the energy sector, today energy infrastructure in the city of Kherson was damaged by Russian artillery,” said Mr. Zensky in Paris. “I believe the US should respond with actions.”
“Our side, as long as nobody understands who is watching what,” he said. “All this [evidence] Will be prepared and transferred to the US, and then we wait for the reaction of America, because they told us that they will respond to violations. “
Mr. Zensky and his Western allies previously accused Russia of “manipulation” over the deal, after Moscow had demanded that the Black Zeevat – which Russia will disproportionately improve – could start if the Western sanctions on the export of food and agriculture were lifted and an important bank was re -connected to the fast Messaging system.
In the meantime, Washington is said to have conversations with the Kremlin about plans to restore Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine and later via the Nord Stream Pipelines, while handing over American companies a great importance.
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