Donald Trump has resumed military aid Ukraine in his war against Russia after Washington and kyiv have reached an agreement for the exploitation of the rare earths of the European country.
Although the Ukrainian Parliament has not yet been approved the agreement, the US Department of State has given the green light to the export license of 50 million dollars“or more”, as a heavy military team and in defense services.
Last February, Donald Trump had ordered to stop all arms shipments to Ukraine as a pressure measure to force an agreement with Zelenski by the Minerals of Ukraine. Now, the US Congress, which is the one that must authorize the sale of Armas, has declared on its website Your willingness to approve this measure.
This decision does not seem to contribute to the development of peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. In fact, the vice president Jd vance He has said in an interview in Fox News after the agreement for the rare earths that does not see peace.
“It will not end in the short term”, Vance said about the conflict. “It will depend on them (Ukraine and Russia) reach an agreement and stop this brutal conflict,” he added to the vice president, which implies that at this time, Washington moves away from the role of mediator.
Thus, the White House could adopt more hard measures on Moscow, although so far Trump has been shown reluctant to press Putin, to which he has shown his sympathy on several occasions.
However, a change in attitude is perceived. The Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Betting, In charge of the negotiations that have reached the Mineral Agreement, he stressed that this commitment between the US and Ukraine will have an impact on peace conversations, stagnant for the moment.
“It is a powerful sign for the Russian leader,” Besent said at Fox Business Network. “And it gives President Trump The ability to negotiate with Russia With more force, “added the Treasury Secretary.
In addition, this rearma breaks one of the red lines of Moscow in the context of peace negotiation, since Russia refused for Ukraine to receive more weapons by NATO countries to continue negotiating.
On the other hand, the agreement on the rare earth specifies that must be implemented so that it does not hinder The integration of Ukraine into the EU. The agreement opens the door to the investment of European companies in the Ukrainian mineral and energy resources sector, whose exploitation confers preference, but not monopoly, to US companies.
