Zelensky Reportedly Refused to Give Away 50% of Ukraine's Future Mineral Resources to US

© Getty Images / Klaudia Radecka/NurPhotoVolodymyr Zelensky attends the main commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp at Auschwitz II-Birkenau in Brzezinka, Poland, on January 27, 2025.
Volodymyr Zelensky attends the main commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp at Auschwitz II-Birkenau in Brzezinka, Poland, on January 27, 2025.  - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 15.02.2025
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky has refused an offer by the United States to give Washington rights to 50% of Ukraine's future mineral resources, Washington Post journalist Josh Rogin reported on Friday.
The US Congressional delegation at the Munich Security Conference presented Zelensky with a document that would give the US rights to half of Ukraine's future mineral reserves, Rogin wrote on X, citing multiple lawmakers in Munich. The delegation wanted the Ukrainian president to sign the deal, but Zelensky is said to have declined to do so.
In this March 23, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington. A growing American economy and passage of a Republican tax overhaul appear to be helping Trump lift his approval ratings from historic lows - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 04.02.2025
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