The Trump administration indicated U.S. troops could be deployed to provide security in connection with the minerals if there's a peace deal with Russia, sources told NBC News.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks, as he signs an executive order in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. Feb. 14, 2025.The Trump administration has suggested to Ukraine that the United States be granted 50% ownership of the country's rare earth minerals, and signaled an openness tothere to guard them if there's a deal with Russia to end the war, according to four U.S. officials.
After that meeting, Bessent said the draft of a U.S.-Ukraine rare earth minerals agreement reflected the president's goal, but he did not provide details of what the administration had proposed. The Ukrainian Embassy in Washington and a spokesperson for the White House National Security Council did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday.Vance berates European leaders as tensions with close allies burst into the openZelenskyy said during his speech Friday at the security conference that his lawyers would weigh in on the document Bessent presented to him in Kyiv with advice and some changes. He referred to the proposal as memorandum between the U.S.
Rather than pay for the minerals, the ownership agreement would be a way for Ukraine to reimburse the U.S. for the billions of dollars in weapons and support its provided to Kyiv Zelenskyy declined to sign the document when Bessent presented it during their meeting, saying he needed to study it and consult others about it, the eight U.S. officials briefed on the meeting said.
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