Trump threatened Zelenski because of the mineral deal and began conversations about projects in Russia
US President Donald Trump has warned that his Ukrainian counterpart Volodimir Zelenski wanted to abandon the agreement on rare earthly elements whose new, potentially unfavorable for Ukraine was sent to Kiev last week. Trump threatened Zelenski, while Moscow reports that he is already discussing in Washington a joint work on Russian projects in the same area.
« He tries to give up and if he does, there will be some problems, big, big problems, » Reuters quoted his words to reporters aboard Air Force One. « He wants to be a NATO member, but he will never be a NATO member. He understands this. »
Trump said he was « tired » by Putin, and threatened Russian oil with high duties
« The rare earth elements are an important area for cooperation and, of course, we have started discussing various projects about the rare earth elements and projects in Russia, » said Dmitriev, also Chief Executive Officer of the Russian Fund for Direct Investment. A proposal for such an opportunity came earlier than Russian President Vladimir Putin as part of a future economic agreement. Dmitriev was part of a Russian negotiating team in Saudi Arabia.
Zelenski left the White House without a « deal » after a clash with Trump
| On Friday, Zelenski made it clear that the US new proposal for an agreement in rare metals, « completely different » than what was discussed so far (and unsigned after a break between it and Trump in the White House), may be unconstitutional. He said Ukraine will not sign an agreement that threatens the road to the EUS According to an analysis in « European justice », the text affects the country’s economic sovereignty. |
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