Ukrainian officials will visit the United States to negotiate a new agreement that will govern post-war plans for mineral development and infrastructure restoration. This was reported by Bloomberg.
The delegation will include Ukraine's deputy economy and justice ministers, but not senior politicians. Talks with President Donald Trump's administration require technical advice at this stage, said two officials, who asked not to be named because the talks are not public.
Kyiv has also appointed an international law firm to advise on the negotiations, they said.
The visit is scheduled for April 11-12, the sources added. A Foreign Ministry spokesman confirmed the visit would take place but declined to provide further details. The Economy Ministry did not respond to a request for comment.
Terms of the agreement
As Bloomberg notes, Kyiv is waiting for better terms in a pending deal with Washington that could oblige the war-torn country to hand over half of future revenues from a large part of its economy to the United States. Trump and U.S. officials view the deal as compensation for tens of billions of dollars in aid given to Ukraine by former President Joe Biden after Russia's full-scale invasion.
But Ukraine refuses to recognize this aid as debt. Kyiv wants more US investment under a profit-sharing deal and is also concerned that the deal and the privileges it will grant the US could complicate its bid to join the EU.
Kyiv is teetering on the edge, refraining from any harsh public criticism of Washington or Trump while trying to maintain waning US support in its long-running fight against Russian encroachment.
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