WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump mentioned on Thursday (Mar 20) the USA will sign a minerals and natural resources deal with Ukraine shortly and that his efforts to attain a peace deal for the nation had been going “fairly nicely” after his talks this week with the Russian and Ukrainian leaders.
Trump made the feedback at a White Home occasion after signing an order to extend US manufacturing of essential minerals.
“We’re additionally signing agreements in varied areas to unlock uncommon earths and minerals and plenty of different issues all around the world,” he mentioned.
“However specifically Ukraine, we’re doing very nicely with regard to Ukraine and Russia. And one of many issues we’re doing is signing a deal very shortly with respect to uncommon earths with Ukraine.”
Trump referred to his discussions this week with each Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy aimed toward ending the conflict in Ukraine, which Russia invaded in 2022.
“We might like to see that come to an finish, and I believe we’re doing fairly nicely in that regard,” Trump mentioned.