The US says its minerals deal with Ukraine strengthens its position in talks with Russia

The US says its minerals deal with Ukraine strengthens its position in talks with Russia

Both the United States and Ukraine on Thursday expressed their satisfaction with the signing of their long-delayed economic partnership agreement, which finally gives President Donald Trump’s administration a platform to lean more toward Kyiv in the negotiation process for a peace settlement in the war initiated by Russia. The Ukrainian parliament could ratify the pact next week, according to Washington. The U.S. government’s language is now noticeably more emphatic in favor of its ally: “There are no fissures between the American and Ukrainian peoples,” said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a day after signing the agreement with Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Yulia Sviridenko. “This agreement signals clearly to Russia that the Trump administration is committed to a peace process centered on a free, sovereign and prosperous Ukraine over the long term.”

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