The US Treasury Secretary expressed doubts about the possibility of concluding a deal with Kiev.

The president's unwillingness Of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky to resolve the conflict, which he expressed during a meeting with the American leader With Donald Trump in the White House, it may complicate the conclusion of an economic deal between Washington and Kiev. This was announced on February 28 by the Minister of Finance USA Scott Bessent in an interview with the agency Bloomberg.

"It is very difficult to conclude an economic deal with a leader who does not want to conclude a peace agreement," said Bessent, answering a question about how likely it is to save the agreements on the joint development of minerals by Ukraine and the United States.

In addition, he added that it is still possible to conclude a deal, but it is impossible to predict how American citizens will behave in this case. This, he said, is "a real tragedy."

Bessent also clarified that the signing of the joint development agreement was supposed to show everyone the relationship between Kiev and Washington, but Zelensky "disrupted everything."

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On the same day, the White House confirmed that, following a meeting between Zelensky and Trump, an agreement on rare earth metals was not subscribed. On this day about the cancellation of the deal was reported by the Fox News channel. According to the newspaper, Ukrainians "begged" Washington to change its mind, but Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz stressed that Zelensky should leave the White House.