Kyiv:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is “not ready” to signal a trade in that will give the US preferential get entry to to his nation’s uncommon earth minerals, a Ukrainian supply instructed AFP.
US President Donald Trump desires Ukraine to provide US corporations get entry to as reimbursement for the tens of billions of greenbacks of backup delivered underneath his predecessor Joe Biden.
Mike Waltz, Trump’s nationwide safety abettor on Friday predicted that Zelensky would signal the trade in quickly, however the contours of the proposed word of honour have now not been made folk.
“In the form in which the draft is now, the president is not ready to accept, we are still trying to make changes and add constructiveness,” a Ukrainian supply akin to the topic instructed AFP Saturday.
“There are no American obligations in the agreement regarding guarantees or investments, everything about them is very vague, and they want to extract $500 billion from us.”
“What kind of partnership is this? … And why do we have to give $500 billion, there is no answer,” the supply added.
The supply stated that Ukraine had presented amendments.
Ukraine is looking for safety promises from the US as a part of any trade in signing away its herbal sources and significant minerals.
The confrontation over the trade in comes amid a war-of-words between Zelensky and Trump, who branded his Ukrainian counterpart a “dictator” in a social media put up previous this month.
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