The president of the United States, Donald Trumphe already advanced it during his press conference this Thursday in the Oval Office of the White Housewhere he announced a Commercial Agreement with the United Kingdom. Trump, and as usual, did not just discuss the new covenant with London, but informed journalists that he would later maintain a conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodimir Zelenski.
Hours later, on a day full of emotions after knowing that next Pope Louis XVI, Robert Francis Prevosthe will be the first American in history, the Republican picked up the phone to call the Ukrainian. «President Zelenski is having a telephone conversation with President Trump. We will inform about the details based on the results, ”confirmed the spokesman of the Ukrainian president, Sergiy Nikiforov.
The call between both leaders takes place on the same day that the Rada – Ukrainian Parliament – ratified the Ukrainian mineral exploitation agreement with the United States. This Thursday, and in an extraordinary session convened precisely to give green light to the document, the Ukrainian deputies saved the pact with Washington with 338 votes in favor of the 347 present.
“The agreement on rare earths with Ukraine has been fully ratified and approved by its legislative powers, and we appreciate it,” said Trump from the Oval Office. Despite the optimism of the Republican, the spokeswoman of the State Department, Tammy Brucehe clarified that it is not “a mechanism linked to negotiations, to a high fire or war.” Although, he added: «Certainly when it comes to national security and the nature of who your friends are, to be a friend of USA It is something that can help your country to make it safer ».
-For its part, the Ukrainian Minister of Economy, Yulia sviridenkhe described the “historical and beneficial agreement for the economic and security interests of Ukraine.” In his speech at the Rada, Sviridenk He assured that it was a “balanced” pact and that is a “security guarantee” of United Statess. Also, Zelenski thanked, in a message on social networks, to his team the preparation of the Economic Association Agreement with the United States.
«There has never been such a promising economic agreement in relations between Ukraine and the United States. It is a joint investment effort with the United States that has lasted decades. Today, this is a solid basis for safety cooperation and, in the coming decades, an opportunity for Ukraine and the United States to increase mutually beneficial economic cooperation, develop industry and employment in our countries and guarantee technological development, ”explained the Ukrainian.
Both leaders had planned to approve this agreement on February 28, but everything jumped through the air when the accusations began. Trump and Zelenski starred in a Bronco confrontation that ended with the Ukrainian dating the back door and without a pact. Since then, the relationship between the American and the Ukrainian has been tense. But last April, and on the occasion of the Pope Francis’s funeral, They met again in the Basilica of San Pedro. The meeting lasted only 15 minutes, but made the Republican change his impression on Zelenski.
The brief meeting in The Vatican Between Trump and Zelenski he served to boost the desired Mineral agreement And for the American to be somewhat more skeptical with the true intentions of the president of Russia, Vladimir Putinand its Invasion of Ukraine. For kyiv, the agreement with Washington for the exploitation of its minerals is a security guarantee. The pact also raises the creation of a joint fund whose benefits will be used for the reconstruction of the invaded country.
