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This is a joint investment effort with the United States for decades to come. Right now, it serves as a strong foundation for security cooperation, and in the long term, it offers an opportunity for Ukraine and the US to expand mutually beneficial economic collaboration,
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It has been fully ratified and approved by their legislature branches. So we appreciate that. And I’ll be speaking with the president [of Ukraine – ed.] in a little while, little bit later,
he announcedWe have managed to ensure that the agreement is equitable. The key principle is that management is 50-50. Neither side has an advantage, there is no dictatorship from either side, and decisions are taken by consensus,
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Trump's initial position is changing by millimetres, but so far its movement is in the right direction,
Inna Sovsun, a lawmaker from the Holos opposition party, said on Facebook,
Trump believed [the deal] would create more leverage for him with the Russian leadership when it was time to go to them. The idea was to start with Ukraine, sign the deal that shows the U.S. is still there. It would be a symbol to the American public, skeptical of more financial commitments, that it was possible to have a shared prosperity with Ukraine. In essence, it would be a tacit security guarantee as an economic partnership,
Scott Bessent, U.S. treasury secretary, said at the Milken Institute Global Conference on Monday
Sometimes after the blowup, you end up with a better deal … I think it is a win-win. What it is not is ‘sign here and it is a loan-to-own. You’re going to default on the debt, we’re going to own all your minerals.’ This is an economic partnership. They put assets, we put in capital from DFC (U.S. International Development and Finance Corporation), it’s 50/50. It’s equity, not debt,
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It seems to me that this is the first time in history that the United States considers Ukraine as a long-term strategic partner, economically,
Economy Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko said at a media briefing in Kyiv on Thursday, hours before the parliament vote
I didn’t let the ministers sign … because in my view it is not ready to protect us, our interest,
Zelenskyy told The Associated Press at the Munich Security Conference in FebruaryMy colleagues know that if someone taps their finger on an agreement and says, ‘You must sign now’ — I could only say to him, ‘Stop tapping your finger and let’s have a proper conversation,'
Zelenskyy later said in recounting the meeting in April to reporters in Kyiv
You’re not in a good position. You don’t have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards,
Trump shoutedThere were likely hundreds of revisions and dozens of draft revisions,
a senior European official close to the talks said