Parliament to ratify minerals deals with U.S. in few weeks: Senior Ukrainian official

The US Treasury Secretary. UU., Scott Besent and the first Ukrainian vice president, Prime Minister Yulia Svydenko sign an agreement that will give the United States preferential access to the new Ukrainian mineral agreements and finance the investment in the reconstruction of Ukraine. | Photo credit: Reuters

The Parliament of Ukraine will ratify in the coming weeks an agreement with the United States on the development of minerals, said the first Vice -Prime Minister Yulia Svydenko on Thursday.

“We want to ratify it as much as possible.

Svydenko, who signed the agreement in Washington on Tuesday, said that some technical details should be completed before a joint investment fund of Uskraine works again.

“We really need to be more sustainable and more self -sufficient, and this is a real tool that can help us achieve this goal,” he said.