Zelensky to arrive in US on February 28 to sign deal on Ukrainian minerals — Trump

  WASHINGTON:   US President Donald Trump has confirmed that Vladimir Zelensky will come to Washington this Friday and a deal on Ukrainian n...

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WASHINGTON:   US President Donald Trump has confirmed that Vladimir Zelensky will come to Washington this Friday and a deal on Ukrainian natural resources will be signed during the visit.

"President Zelensky is going to be coming on Friday. That's now confirmed, and we're going to be signing an agreement, which will be a very big agreement," Trump said during the first meeting of his cabinet.

On February 25, Trump said that Zelensky could come to Washington on February 28 to sign the minerals deal. The US leader indicated in early February that the United States sought access to Ukraine’s rare-earth minerals. On February 12, US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent delivered the agreement on natural resources to Zelensky. Despite Zelensky expressing willingness to sign the deal, he failed to do so during his meeting with Bessent, nor later when he met with US Vice President JD Vance in Munich.

Zelensky claimed that the draft presented to him lacked security guarantees. However, US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz declared on February 21 that Zelensky would sign the agreement with the US soon. Subsequently, sources within Zelensky’s office informed Ukrainian media that the document still required finalization, and Zelensky himself announced at a press conference on February 23 that he "does not want" to sign the agreement with the US because, in his view, future generations of Ukrainians would bear the financial burden.

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