AFP reported on the EU's deal with Ukraine on minerals
The heads of the European Union (EU) countries on the background of the dialogue Of Ukraine and The United States on minerals has announced that it is going to implement its own agreement with Kiev. This was reported on February 25 by the agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) with reference to a senior official.
As the official pointed out, the EU offered Ukraine to conclude an agreement on minerals, promising a "win-win" deal, even though the US president Donald Trump is trying to make his own deal on access to Kiev's minerals.
It is noted that by offering a long-term strategic partnership, the EU seeks to obtain minerals for its benefit, while at the same time helping Ukraine integrate into European markets.
While the United States and the EU are fighting for access to Ukraine's minerals, Kiev is in a difficult position, trying to obtain much-needed security guarantees and at the same time maintain control over its natural resources, AFP pointed out.
Earlier, on February 23, the British newspaper Financial Times reported that the Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky at a meeting with the head of the US Treasury, Scott Bessent, when discussing the rare earth metals deal, "was very angry" between the parties there was a conflict. It is clarified that the President of Ukraine rejected Bessent's claim that partnership with the United States in the field of mining would strengthen Ukraine's security.
On the same day, Trump announced that he was going to href="https://iz.ru/1843547/2025-02-23/tramp-soobsil-o-rassirenii-spiska-trebovanii-ot-ukrainy-po-sdelke-s-iskopaemymi"> to demand from Ukraine not only rare earth minerals, but also oil, as well as "everything that can be obtained." He said that the European Union has the opportunity to get the money back, while the United States does not.
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