Mineral Agreement: Technical Consultations between Ukraine and the USA will take place in Washington.

On April 11, technical consultations on the mineral agreement with the USA will take place in Washington. The consultation will involve teams from the Ministries of Justice and Economy of Ukraine. This was reported by the Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration and Minister of Justice Olha Stefanishyna.

'Nothing in the agreement can be agreed upon by Ukraine in such a way as to undermine the existing obligations that Ukraine has, including financial ones under the Ukraine Facility, macro-financial assistance, and cooperation with the IMF,' she stated.

Stefanishyna reminded that this new draft agreement, as well as the previous framework one, was proposed by the USA.

She emphasized that Ukraine is negotiating with the aim of obtaining resources for reinvestment in the country.

'The text presented to Ukraine does not fully reflect Ukraine's approach, so our technical team will work on Friday to balance it and have a future text of the agreement based on simple and understandable principles,' added the Vice Prime Minister.

Stefanishyna also noted that the negotiating team sees the agreement with the USA as a great opportunity that will help Ukraine advance in this area.