A Ukrainian delegation arrived in Washington on Friday 11 April for a new round of talks with the United States on a rare earth metals agreement.

Source: The New York Times, as reported by European Pravda

Details: NYT sources from the Ukrainian side reported that the negotiations between Ukraine and the US on the mineral agreement were expected to begin on Friday and continue for two days. They will be mostly technical in nature and will not involve senior officials.

The Ukrainian delegation is headed by Deputy Minister of Economy Taras Kachka and includes representatives from the Ministries of Economy and Justice.

There are no details on the composition of the US negotiating team.

Background:

• Earlier, Ukraine’s Minister of Economy Yuliia Svyrydenko stated that Ukraine would send a team to Washington this week to launch negotiations on a new draft agreement on mineral resources.
• European Pravda reported that the Trump administration reintroduced a clause into a proposed agreement on Ukrainian subsoil resources that obliges Ukraine to repay the full amount of US aid provided since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.

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