US President Donald Trump said that a minerals deal with Ukraine could be signed as early as next Thursday.
He announced this to journalists during a meeting in the Oval Office with the head of the Italian government, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
“We have a minerals deal, which I guess is going to be signed on Thursday,” he said.
At the same time, he checked with US Treasury Secretary, and then clarified that he meant “next Thursday.”
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As Ukrinform reported, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine and the US could sign a memorandum of intent on the minerals deal today.
