Bloomberg: Kyiv suggest US open to changes to draft minerals deal

During a video call between Ukrainian officials and US officials on Friday, the latter did not raise any objections to Kyiv's concerns about the draft minerals agreement, which may indicate that Washington is open to discussing changes to the draft. 

Source: European Pravda with reference to Bloomberg

Details: Bloomberg's source said that Ukraine will ask the US to amend the new economic agreement proposed by the Trump administration, including a promise to increase US investment.

The news agency says that Ukrainian officials held a video call with their American counterparts, including lawyers, on Friday to seek clarification on the latest draft of the agreement.

Bloomberg's source said that the Americans did not raise any objections to the concerns raised by Kyiv, especially regarding the potential conflict of the agreement with Ukraine's EU membership goals.

"This suggests Washington may be open to discussing changes, according to the person," the article says.

Background: 

• Earlier, European Pravda reported that Donald Trump's administration had returned to the version of the minerals agreement the requirement for Ukraine to reimburse all the assistance that the United States provided after the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022.
• The version of the text of the grand agreement states that Ukraine undertakes to compensate the United States for all aid – budgetary, military and humanitarian – provided after the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insisted on Friday that Ukraine is not ready to recognise the US aid provided in recent years as debt as part of the minerals deal with the US.

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