The mention of debts for assistance in the United States, provided in negotiations on minerals only once – in the widespread version of the media of the text of the agreement.
Since then, there have been no attempts to formulate the figures, ”said Taras Kachka, head of the Ukrainian contractual delegation, commercial representative of Ukraine.
According to him, there is no talk of any new debt or the transformation of previous debt assistance.
There is no logic of “debt” either in US proposals or in the proposals of Ukraine. (…) Everyone understands that this is not a duty, but mutually beneficial cooperation. We are talking about how much the United States and Ukraine want to earn money from investments, ”said the duck on the air of the peder.
According to him, at the speeches in Washington from the Ukrainian side there were proposals for military assistance, which are now expected by US reactions.
After negotiations in Washington, the United States reduced the assistance provided by Ukraine from 300 to 100 billion dollars. Minerals can be signed this week. Bloomberg announced this with reference to sources.
The US Department of Finance evaluated negotiations with the Ukrainian delegation as “very productive”. The interlocutors of journalists confirmed this assessment.
We are very, very close. The agreement may be signed this week, ”said the Minister of Finance Scott Immentin.
According to the interlocutors of journalists, the US Presidential Administration Donald Trump still does not want to make contributions to the joint fund and continues to insist that assistance has already been provided in Ukraine.
Ukrainian negotiators are trying to convince their American colleagues to abandon this approach.
Questions were postponed for further discussions. The following consultations will be held on the Internet at the end of the week,
Ukraine must provide detailed information about specific projects that can be started in accordance with the agreement.
The mineral agreement, which the United States plan to sign with Ukraine, is not related to the process of resolving war, said the press secretary of the US Department of State Temmi Bruce.
Earlier it was reported that Ukrainian and American officials will discuss the final conditions for cooperation on minerals until April 26.
The Ministry of Economy of Ukraine published the text of the memorandum, which was stolen on April 16 in Parisian negotiations in Paris, American and Ukrainian delegations.
Source: Racurs
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