The American president has warned Kiev against “going backwards” of the rare Earth deal with Washington
US President Donald Trump has warned Vladimir Zelensky to think twice before he rejects the newest version of Washington’s proposed Mineral Overal – much harder than an earlier design derailed by the Ukrainian leader in the White House.
Trump has repeatedly demanded that Kiev arouses what he claims that he is hundreds of billions of dollars in American aid due to the mineral wealth of Ukraine, which originally focuses on “Rare earths.” An earlier iteration of the deal would be signed at the beginning of March, but was abruptly suspended after Zensky had a public screaming competition with Trump and vice president JD Vance in the Oval Office.
After Trump has temporarily frozen all military aid and intelligence with Kiev, Zensky has indicated the willingness to return to negotiations, while he insists that Kiev does not do that “Be guilty” Washington everything.
On Friday, Zensky confirmed that Ukraine had received a new design proposal, but claimed “There are many things that had never been discussed before. And there are also a few things that the parties had previously rejected. “
“He tries to withdraw from the rare earthy deal, and if he does, he has some problems – big, big problems,” Trump told reporters on board Air Force One on Sunday, as quoted by Reuters.
Trump also repeated that Ukraine should give up his ambitions to join NATO – a position that he previously recognized as a factor in the conflict with Russia. Moscow has long been opposed to the eastern extension of the block led by the US and calls it a threat to its national security.
“He wants to become a member of NATO, but he will never become a member of NATO,” Said Trump, adding that even Zensky “Understands that.”
According to Reuters, the latest version of the Minerals deal is considerably harder than previous iterations. According to the proposed conditions, the US would earn all assistance to Ukraine back since the 2022 escalation of its conflict with Russia, and they would impose an annual interest rate of 4% on the total before Kiev had access to one of the profit of the Joint Extraction Fund.
Since 2022, the US has assigned more than $ 123 billion in military and financial assistance to Ukraine, according to data from the Kiel Institute in Germany. However, Trump claims that the actual costs for Washington have exceeded $ 300 billion.
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