Nadia Pryshlyak17:13, 06.05.25
It is noted that the mineral agreement applies throughout the territory of Ukraine within internationally recognized borders.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine’s Foreign Policy Committee, which is responsible for the ratification of the US-Ukrainian mineral agreement , supported the need to vote for it as a whole. This was reported by Ukrainian MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak on Telegram.
“The International Policy Committee supported ratification of the Minerals Agreement in principle and in its entirety,” he wrote.
At the same time, the MP added that the committee’s decision states that any additional agreements on the creation of the Reconstruction Fund cannot contradict this Agreement. It is also noted that the agreement on minerals is valid throughout the territory of Ukraine within internationally recognized borders.
Zheleznyak notes that this decision was supported by 11 people’s deputies who are members of this Verkhovna Rada committee, one abstained, and two did not participate in the vote.
Minerals Agreement – Important News
As UNIAN reported, on May 2, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine registered a draft law on the ratification of the agreement with the United States of America on access to natural resources, signed on May 1.
The draft law “On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the United States of America on the Establishment of the American-Ukrainian Reconstruction Investment Fund” is registered under number 0309. It was submitted for consideration by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
The United States and Ukraine have signed an agreement on access to Ukrainian natural resources. The signatory on the Ukrainian side was First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Yulia Svirydenko. On the US side, the signatory was Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal noted during the Question Hour to the Government in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine that there is a preliminary agreement that the Investment Fund will be registered in the United States , but will operate in Ukraine, and the main account of the fund, to which Ukraine will transfer its contribution, will be opened in Ukraine in hryvnias.
According to him, the first agreement must be ratified, and the subsequent ones will be of an implementation nature, that is, they will be commercial agreements that will not require ratification.
Shmyhal emphasized that each new military aid provided by the US to Ukraine is considered a capital contribution, and this stimulates this US administration to continue and not stop supplying us with weapons and intelligence.
He assures that according to the agreement, all Ukrainian natural resources remain with Ukraine, and the scope of the agreement does not cover issues of state-owned enterprises and privatization. According to him, the Fund will be filled by the United States and Ukraine in a 50/50 ratio. From the US side, these will be monetary contributions or new military assistance, for example, air defense systems. Ukraine’s contribution is 50% of the rent from new licenses for the extraction of oil, gas and critical minerals.
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