The United States and Ukraine signing the critical metal deal

The United States signed a natural resource deal with Ukraine, which the Treasury said will help in the reconstruction efforts after the war.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly pushed to agree as a pre -condition to provide any future security guarantees for Kev, where Ukraine fights the invasion of Russia.

In a statement, the United States said that the agreement “indicates to Russia” that the Trump administration “is committed to the peace process that focuses on free Ukraine, sovereignty and prosperous.

The deal will witness the creation of a joint US -Ukrainian investment fund to search for metals, and to determine how to divide revenues.

According to the statement issued by the US Treasury on Wednesday afternoon, the newly created investment fund in the United States of America recognizes the “important financial and financial support” that the United States granted Ukraine since the invasion of Russia in February 2022.

“President Trump depicts this partnership between the American people and the Ukrainian people to show the commitment of both sides to peace and permanent prosperity in Ukraine,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessin said in the statement.

“In order to be clear, no country or anyone who has funded or supplied the Russian war machine will be allowed to benefit from the rebuilding of Ukraine,” he added.

He said in the video statement that the deal would help “open the origins of growth in Ukraine.”

Deputy Prime Minister Ukraine, Yulia Svedenko, flew to Washington on Wednesday after a clear breakthrough in negotiations.

In a publication on X, Svydenko – who stands outside the Treasury Building in Washington – said that the fund created by the agreement “will attract global investment to our country.”

This announcement comes after a delay, which the American authorities said as a result of an attempt to negotiate aspects of the already overlapping deal.

“We are ready to sign this afternoon if they were,” Pesin said, adding that Ukraine “decided to make changes at the last minute,” on the agreement.

On Wednesday afternoon, an American source familiar with the Ukraine talks criticized his endeavor to reopen some of the appearances of the ends of the weekend.

The United States and the Ukrainian teams worked all night on Friday until Saturday to agree on the documents, as well as in the early morning on Wednesday.

They added that the thorny points included the governance of the fund, the transparency mechanism, and steps to ensure that all the money can be fully tracked.

“Nothing was removed,” Pesin said earlier when asked about any changes to the deal. “It is the same agreement that we agreed to at the weekend. There are no changes on our side.”

Technical documents were signed last week by representatives of both countries.

It is believed that Ukraine has wide reserves of rare minerals such as graphite, titinium and lehium under its soil. It is widely searched for due to its use in renewable energy, military applications and industrial infrastructure.

Paying the Trump administration to reach the mineral wealth of another country comes amid a growing trade war with China, where 90 % of the current rare earth stocks in the world are obtained.

The draft deal appears to allow the United States to access Ukrainian industries outside the minerals.

Although it did not specify the security support that Washington will be ready to provide in return, he stated that the deal was “a concrete demonstration to support the United States of America for Ukraine’s security.”

The agreement comes days after Trump and Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski held a meeting to face on the sidelines of the funeral of Pope Francis, and with the continued talks between Moscow and Washington due to the ceasefire in Ukraine.

Trump Zelinski’s latest conversation appears to be much more friendly than White House meeting in FebruaryAnd softening a tone of the American president towards his Ukrainian counterpart in the days that followed, in addition to increasing the level of criticism of Russia’s attacks.

Speaking on Wednesday, Trump said: “As you know, we are looking for rare land (minerals) all the time.

“They have a lot, and we have a deal, so that we can start drilling and do what we have to do. It’s good for them.”

The initial agreement was to be signed in February, but it collapsed after the hot exchange between the two leaders, when Trump Zelinski was accused of “gambling with World War III.”