Ukraine agreed with the US administration on the terms of the minerals agreement after they waived the requirement that Ukraine contribute about $500 billion to the investment fund. This was reported by the Financial Times (FT) newspaper with reference to the final version of the agreement.
The document dated February 24, which was at the disposal of the newspaper, does not mention the guarantees of Ukraine's security, which were one of the conditions for concluding a deal on the part of Kiev.
According to Ukrainian officials, Ukraine has managed to achieve much more favorable conditions for itself. According to the document, one of the points of the agreement is the creation of an investment fund owned by the United States, to which Ukraine will transfer 50% of the income from the extraction of minerals, oil and gas.
Investments in Ukrainian projects will be allocated from the fund, and the United States will contribute to the economic development of the country after the conflict is resolved. At the same time, the agreement does not specify the size of the US share in the investment fund.
According to the newspaper, the deal does not include the revenues already coming into the budget of Ukraine from the extraction of mineral resources of Naftogaz and Ukrnafta companies.
The FT reports that the document has been approved by the Ministers of Justice, Economy and Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. Officials also claim that Vladimir Zelensky may come to the White House for the signing ceremony in the coming weeks. tass.ru.
