‘Open the Road’ in order for the USA and the Ukraine To sign the strategic importance of minerals, as the British Guardian, who published the Memorandum of Intent, which publishes today (18.04.2025), The two sides are expected to sign next week.
According to the draft, It is foreseen to set up a common investment fund between the two countrieswhile also recognized The “significant financial and material support” they have offered the USA to Ukraine Since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022.
However, the draft of the memorandum does not clarify whether the profits from future investments will be used to ‘pay off’ money for which Donald Trump accuses the Kyiv that ‘Owe’ because of US military and financial assistance.
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski argues that weapons and military equipment deliveries had been approved by Congress and was not a loan form, so Ukraine was not committed to any “debt”.
THE Guardian publishes in detail the content of the Memorandum of Intentions between the US and Ukraine on the future mineral agreement.
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… pic.twitter.com/2hrZdFgmZU
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What does the Memorandum of Intentions report
“Memorandum of intentions between the United States Government of America and the Ukrainian government to finalize the official agreement on the financial relationship and the Reconstruction Investment Fund:
-Consider that the United States of America has provided significant financial and material support to Ukraine after Russia’s full -scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022,
-Bearing in mind that the American people want to invest with the Ukrainian people in a free, dominant and safe Ukraine,
-Bearing in mind that the United States of America and Ukraine want a constant peace in Ukraine and a constant partnership between their two peoples and governments,
-Bearing in mind that the United States of America and Ukraine recognize Ukraine’s contribution to the strengthening of international peace and security with voluntary resignation from the third largest nuclear weapons arsenal in the world,
-Bearing in mind that the United States of America and Ukraine intend to set up an investment fund of reconstruction in the context of a financial partnership between the two peoples and governments,
-Bearing in mind that the United States of America and Ukraine have held highly productive technical discussions in Washington, just on April 11-12, 2025, to complete the negotiation of an agreement on the creation of a reconstruction investment fund,
-Bearing in mind that the United States respects Ukraine’s intention to avoid conflicts with Ukraine’s obligations in the context of joining the European Union or agreements with international financial institutions and other official creditors,
-In Claim that, subject to other political or legal procedures required to complete the agreement, Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmyhal will visit Washington on the week of April 21, 2025, to meet with US Finance Minister Bessent and provide high level support for their terms of Investment Fund for Reconstruction. The negotiating groups are expected to submit a report on progress by April 26, 2025, with the aim of completing the discussions until that date and signing as soon as possible- and
As a result, as evidenced by the signatures listed below, the United States government and the Ukrainian government are concluding this Memorandum of Intentions to work rapidly to complete the necessary documents to finalize the agreement to conclude the Economic and Economic Relations.
This Memorandum of Intentions may be signed in two or more copies, each of which is regarded as original and is all regarded as a document. “
What does Kiev say
For her part, Ukrainian Finance Minister Yulia Svirindenko said in yesterday’s (17.04.2025) posting on social media on the signing of the Memorandum of Intentions, saying:
“We are pleased to announce the signature, with our American partners, of a Intentionswhich paves the way for a Economic Partnership Agreement and the establishment of the Investment Fund to rebuild Ukraine».
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. pic.twitter.com/AQsHPkWh5X
— Yulia Svyrydenko (@Svyrydenko_Y) April 17, 2025
She then stressed that:
“It is very important that the document marks the desire of the American people to invest with the Ukrainian people in a Free, dominant and safe Ukraine. This document is The outcome of the professional work of the negotiating groupswhich recently completed one more Round of Technical Consultation in Washington.
The next steps are the finalization of the text of the agreement and its signature, and then the validation by the parliaments. In the meantime, we continue to work for the agreement itself. There is a lot to do, but the memorandum will be very beneficial to both countries. “