Trump crosses » red lines »: In the subsoil agreement requires a return to the US
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US Presidential Administration Donald Trump returned to the proposed subsoil agreement on the demand for Ukraine to reimburse all the assistance that the states were provided after the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Russia in 2022.
Source: material « Eurocase » that has the text of the agreement
Details: The text of the Great Agreement states that Ukraine undertakes to compensate for the USA the cost of all assistance – budget, military and humanitarian, provided after the start of a full -scale invasion of Russia in 2022.
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This amount receives the status of « DFC initial contribution » to the Fund.
The amount of assistance to be returned is estimated at $ 123 billion, according to the Kil Institute. Most of these funds were directed to military support, including the ordering of weapons from US manufacturers, the transfer of excess weapons and replenishment of Pentagon reserves.
According to the text of the agreement, Ukraine must convert the Fund’s income into dollars and transfer them to the US side accounts on request without any commissions. If such costs occur, they will also have to be compensated.
Fund’s income will be:
- 50% of the value of all new licenses and rent payments for the development of subsoil of Ukraine;
- 50% of income from infrastructure objects (details of this paragraph in the agreement are not disclosed).
At the same time, it is envisaged that the Fund will be able to reinvest some of the income into projects in Ukraine, receiving 50% of the future income of the state from these investments.
In addition, the Agreement obliges Ukraine to repay the debt to the United States on time, as it provides for its annual increase by 4%. This means that the longer Kyiv will delay payments, the more money will have to be offset.
Earlier, the Ukrainian authorities, including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, emphasized that the US irreversible assistance could not be transformed into debt.
The EP draws attention: this issue was one of the main « red lines » for Kiev.
Prehistory:
- On February 28, the agreement on this topic was already ready for signing. After emotional negotiations, Ukraine and the United States have compromised this document, so it was to be assured in Washington, in the presence of two presidents.
- However, the meeting in the oval office began public Zelensky and Trump’s boom. President negotiations have been canceled.
- Zelensky previously said that the United States suggested Ukraine a new version of the agreement Minerals that will immediately provide ratification in parliament outside the primary framework agreement.
- March 27 he stated that now No final version of the deal On the use of Ukrainian mineral resources from the United States, the signing of which is expected in the Trump administration in the near future.
Read more in the Euby truth: Trump with subsoil and Ukraine without rights: how to respond to Kiev to a new agreement promoted by the United States.
