Raw material agreements between the USA and Ukraine – the presses

Two months ago, a scandal in the White House had to burst the signing, now the Ukraine and the USA concluded an agreement to finance the state’s reconstruction and the reduction of Ukrainian raw materials. This ensures the USA access to valuable mineral resources, in return Ukraine hopes that the superpower in the fight against aggressor Russia can keep at its side in the long term. Following the signing, both countries were satisfied with the result.

The agreement “changed significantly” during the negotiations, said Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj on Thursday. “Now it is a really just agreement that creates a chance for rather important investments in Ukraine,” he emphasized. US Finance Minister Scott Bessent described the agreement as “historical”.

The agreement is also largely evaluated by the media – however, skeptical voices also mix their importance and durability among them. A selection of international and national presses:

“Washington Post”: “Ukraine did not receive the security guarantees it intended. But the new agreement makes Russia clear that the United States campaigns for a” long -term strategic orientation “between Washington and Kiev and” A Free, Sovereign and Prosperating Ukraine “. (…) There is a challenge to find out where the minerals of the Ukraine have been. Soviet union has no more comprehensive geological mapping. Sufficient to prevent future Russian aggression. “

“Le Figaro”: “The raw material agreement is a step in the right direction. The Trump government can boast of having a” compensation “for the military aid granted to Ukraine. Selenskyj in turn can be lucky to have sealed a specific partnership with Washington. (…) This” deal “also shows how long and stone the way to a peace agreement is still (…). Trump government emphasizes that the deal is a long-term, sovereign and wealthy Ukraine “, but that is anything else. Complex path that you can only hope that Donald Trump will not be fed up at some point. “

“The Independent”: “Perhaps Wolodymyr Selenskyj had a few” trump cards “in hand. Contrary to the worst fears that had arisen after his notorious encounter in the Oval Office in February, the Ukrainian president now seems to have achieved a remarkably fair and generous raw material agreement with the US USA.

“Politics”: “Well, it is positive if Trump regrets the condescending treatment that he sent the Ukrainian President Selenskyj together with Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office a few weeks ago. But it is also worrying that a US president will change his stance after wind and weather. Unstable for Ukraine.

“El Mundo”: “The way to the agreement that the USA and Ukraine signed to use the minerals and raw materials of the European country was difficult and produced two historical images: The ruthless treatment Wolodymyr Selenskyjs by Donald Trump on February 28th in the Oval Office and the friendlier reunion of the two at the funeral of Pope Franzisk. welcomes and improves the hard conditions that the White House originally wanted to enforce, but it is still too early to say what it will result. “

“Süddeutsche Zeitung”: “Selenskij gave something with which this brag. You can almost hear it: Trilliarden dollars will now flock to the American state treasure! Thanks to Trump, the genius! That is not true. It will probably take a long time before the USA brings money. But Trump is lying as well as it fits it. helps with one whose Putin whispered him. “

“Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”: “The agreement is a success for Ukraine, with the blemishes that it does not provide for security guarantees for Kiev. It will not end the war, but it is an important sign that both countries are moving closer together again. And a signal sends a signal to Russia that continues its bitter attack against Ukraine and has so far rejected every peace agreement. (…) The Americans are far from Ukraine Comed up.

“Saarbrücker Zeitung”: “(Selkskyj) has given the United States an incentive to stand up for the future of Ukraine. The hope that Trump is now committed to the liberation of occupied areas appears naive. Especially since Wladimir Putin also made his admirer in the White House Avances, the raw materials in the areas occupied by Russia in the east of Ukraine. And not led by moral principles, nobody should be surprised if he ends up using the better offer. “