Ukrainian PM says minerals deal with US will not harm Ukraine's EU aspirations
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Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:16:58 +0300
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has stated that the agreement with the United States on mineral extraction cannot jeopardise Ukraines aspiration to join the European Union.
Source Shmyhal in an interview with Bloomberg, as reported by European Pravda Details Shmyhal noted that Ukraine would send a special technical working group to Washington for negotiations on the agreement no later than tomorrow.
The talks on the deal come amid concerns that granting the US significant privileges might complicate Ukraines efforts to join the EU.
This EU accession ed.
is the number one red line which we communicate to all of our partners, Shmyhal stressed.
He said that Ukraine will look in for the best solution during the negotiations on the agreement.
So this agreement cant hurt our European aspirations and cant hurt our association agreement with the European Union, Shmyhal added.
Background Following talks in the Saudi city of Jeddah on 11 March, the presidents of the United States and Ukraine reached an agreement on the development of Ukraines critical mineral resources.
Afterwards, Stefanishyna announced that the KyivWashington framework agreement on mineral resources had been finalised and that Ukraine was ready to sign it at any time.
On 24 March, US President Donald Trump announced that an agreement on rare earth metals would be signed with Ukraine soon.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that the United States had proposed to Ukraine a new draft of the mineral resources agreement, which would immediately include parliamentary ratification beyond the initial framework agreement.
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