It is about an agreement on US access to the raw materials stored in Ukraine, among other thingsTrump wanted to sign Selenskyj personally on the sidelines of France, head of state Emmanuel Macron. “We are very close to an agreement,” said Trump.
The USA and Ukraine have been struggling for this contract for weeks. Selenskyj had initially refused to agree to such a paper because the conditions it contains were unfavorable for Ukraine. In addition, it did not contain any security guarantees for the country attacked by Russia. Ukraine had explicitly demanded this. It was initially open whether a revised proposal contains it.
According to information from the Ukrainian public service broadcast, Kiev has already sent a final version of the framework contract to access to Ukrainian raw materials to Washington.