President Donald Trump offered an agreement worth $ 500 billion for Ukraine torn by the war to take control of half the natural resources of the European country, in particular to have access to its minerals of land Few of oil and gas, as well as ports and infrastructure, according to a project agreement seen by the British newspaper The Telegraph.
The report added that if Ukraine accepts requests from the United States, dated February 7, this would be equivalent to a higher share of Ukrainian GDP than German war repairs. Washington’s conditions are even more severe than the sanctions imposed on Germany and Japan following their defeat during the Second World War in 1945.
However, it is very unlikely that Ukraine accepts the American offer as its president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said last week that he had told his ministers not to sign an agreement which gives us exclusively access to minerals of rare land of Ukraine, because the proposal has focused too much on American interests, the reported Associated Press.
Here is what the United States has offered
The eyes of the United States are on “extremely precious lands in terms of rare land, in terms of oil and gas”, as Trump said in Fox News in an interview.
As part of the $ 500 billion recovery agreement, the United States would receive 50% of the profits from the extraction of natural resources and obtain 50% of the value of new licenses if Ukraine issues new licenses to third parties.
The agreement, which will be governed by law, will also allow the United States to have sovereign immunity to buy minerals exported to Ukraine. The American fund will have the preferential right to determine the terms of future investment projects, according to the Telegraph.
According to the document, the United States and Ukraine will establish a joint investment fund to ensure that the parties hostile to war do not benefit from reconstruction projects in Ukraine.
Trump’s warning
The American president warned that Ukraine would be given to the Russian President Vladimir Putin “on a plate” if Kyiv rejected the agreement. “They can conclude an agreement. They may not conclude an agreement. They can be Russian one day, or they may not be Russian one day. But I want this money to come back,” he added.
“I did not let the ministers sign a relevant agreement because in my opinion, it is not ready to protect us, our interest,” Zelenskyy told the Associated Press in Munich on February 15.
In September of last year, Zelenskyy proposed giving the United States a direct participation in the critical minerals of Ukraine when he met Trump Tower in order to ensure the fluidity of the supplies of American weapons.
He invited American companies to invest in Ukraine, creating a situation that would prevent Putin from launching other attacks on the neighboring country.
