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Emrys

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4. Oops. I searched for "memorandum" and found nothing before I posted my dupe OP.
Fri Apr 18, 2025, 07:40 AM
Apr 2025

I'll copy it here, then self-delete mine.

Ukraine, US sign 'memorandum of intent' on critical minerals deal

Source: France 24

Ukraine and the United States on Thursday signed a "memorandum of intent" to move forward with a fraught deal for US access to Kyiv's natural resources and critical minerals, Kyiv said.

"We are happy to announce the signing, with our American partners, of a Memorandum of Intent, which paves the way for an Economic Partnership Agreement and the establishment of the Investment Fund for the Reconstruction of Ukraine," Ukraine's First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on X.

According to the text of the memorandum, published by the Ukrainian government on Friday, the aim of both sides is to complete discussions on the final deal by April 26 and to sign it soon after.

The memorandum said Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal will travel to Washington at the start of next week to meet US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and work on the deal together.

Read more: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250417-ukraine-us-natural-resources-minerals

I haven't been able to find a text version of the memorandum yet, so here's a screencap:



Twitter translation account WarTranslated summarized it tentatively positively as:

The U.S. has released a memorandum on economic partnership with Ukraine: investments in security, recognition of Ukraine's contribution to global security after giving up nuclear weapons, and support for EU integration without barriers. A strategic partnership agreement in the mining sector is also in the works.


Many a slip possible yet, obviously.

Given Trump's widely reported impatience with the lack of progress on "negotiations" about the war, the end of this month is seen as a watershed, by when he wants to have at least something to crow about. Putin doesn't seem likely to give him much in that way.

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