The White House called the deal with Ukraine a step towards a peaceful settlement of the conflict.

The agreement between the United States and Ukraine on the development of mineral resources reflects Washington's desire to establish long-term peace in the country. This was stated by White House press Secretary Carolyn Leavitt.

"This agreement shows how much the President [of the United States Donald Trump] is involved in the process of achieving a truly lasting peace," she said at a briefing.

According to Leavitt, the deal also assumes that Kiev will compensate the American side for the assistance provided earlier.

"This is a key moment for the hundreds of billions of dollars that our taxpayers have spent on subsidizing the <conflict> in Ukraine. So this is a refund to the United States, and that's one of the most important things to understand," Leavitt added.

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Delegation from Kiev goes to Washington

The day before, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that Washington and Kiev had signed an agreement on Ukraine's natural resources. In addition, the countries have concluded a deal on the creation of an investment fund for the reconstruction of Ukraine, he added.

On April 17, Vice President of Ukraine, Minister of Economy Yulia Sviridenko announced that Kiev and Washington had signed a memorandum on an agreement on minerals. The next day, Deputy Zheleznyak published the text of the memorandum on his Telegram channel, noting that there was no mention of security guarantees in the document.