On March 14 local time, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Stefanishina said that Ukraine is ready to sign the Mineral Resources Framework Agreement with the United States, and pointed out that the negotiation of the text of the agreement has been completed. She said that the United States has not yet decided when and under what conditions to sign the agreement.
On March 5th, sources said that the United States and Ukraine plan to sign a minerals agreement. Trump has told advisers that he wants to announce the Ukrainian minerals deal in a speech to Congress today.
On March 5, according to Reuters, four people familiar with the matter said that the Trump administration and Ukraine plan to sign a minerals deal at an Oval Office meeting on Friday. Trump has told his advisers that he hopes to announce the deal when he addresses Congress on Tuesday night. Despite last week's spat, U.S. officials have spoken with Ukrainian officials in recent days about signing the minerals deal, one of the people said. It is unclear whether the agreement has changed. The deal,...
On March 1, a senior White House official said that US President Donald Trump has no intention of revisiting or reviving the Ukraine minerals agreement at this time. The official said that Zelensky's delegation immediately began "begging" to sign the agreement after being told to leave the White House.
According to foreign media reports, the White House confirmed to the media that the US and Ukraine did not sign the minerals agreement reached earlier this week, after a dispute between US President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky during a meeting in Washington. However, senior US officials said Trump did not rule out the possibility of reaching an agreement with Zelensky, but waited until Ukraine was ready for constructive dialogue.