The return of Donald Trump To power it generated a turn in the war between Russia and Ukraine. The US president promotes peace and a new agreement between its country and the government of Voldimir Zelenski, To exploit Ukrainian minerals. What is known until now of the agreement that would end the war conflict.
“I want you to give us something for all the money we put”said Trump During his participation in the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that was held in the United States days. There he anticipated some of the axes of the agreement that negotiates with Ukraine: “We ask rare earths and oilanything we can get. “
The agreement would be so advanced that, as published by the Financial Times, both countries have already agreed the terms of the text that could be signed next Friday in the United States. In dialogue with journalists in the Oval Hall, Trump said: “I heard he is coming on Friday. Certainly for me it is fine, if he wants. ”
A “common background” to settle Ukraine’s debt
During the Democratic Government of Joe BidenUSA He gave Ukraine billions of dollars to face the war against Russia. Now, Donald Trump wants to recover it.
If signed, the agreement will allow The United States jointly exploits the mineral wealth of Ukraine. Income would be used for a newly created fund that would be “set for Ukraine and the United States”, Which will also be aim Say up the debt that the European country maintains with the American. It could reach the sum of U $ S500,000 million.
What minerals does Ukraine have?
Trump put his eye on the Ukrainian territory since he It has 21 of the 30 substances that the European Union (EU) defines as “critical raw materials”, which represents around the 5% of world reserves.
Many of the areas that contain these elements are south of what is known as Ukrainian crystalline shieldmainly under the Azov Sea. Most of these territories They are currently occupied by Russia.
As for other important Ukrainian mineral resources, about 70% of them areaccording to Forbes Ukraine, in the regions of Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Luhansk. That is, many are within territories that were invaded and occupied by Russia.
In addition to rare earth minerals, Ukraine also has what is known as essential minerals, such as lithium. As detailed by the Ukrainian government itself, the Country has about 450,000 tons of lithium reserves.
Security guarantees, one of the points in conflict
“If we don’t get security guaranteeswe will not have a stop the fire, nothing will work, nothing, ”said the Zelensky in the BBC. In particular, what interests him is to achieve access to NATO, an initiative rejected by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
This approach is rejected by Donald Trump: “You can forget about it. That is probably the reason why all this began, ”he said at his first cabinet meeting. To compensate, he also assured that Putin must make concessions to achieve a peace agreement.
Another of Zelensky’s requests is the deployment of military from his allies (United States and Europe) in Ukrainian territory to deter Russia from possible new military incursions after signed La Paz. The Trump government already anticipated its refusal, but endorsed that European countries mobilize military.
Source: Ambito
