The US authorities in a new mineral agreement demanded that Ukraine transfer the U.S. International Financing Corporations (DFC) to control the gas pipeline of the Russian company Gazprom, which previously carried out gas transit to Europe, the Reuters agency reported on April 12, referring to the source. US. Describing the negotiations of the United States and Ukraine on minerals that began on April 11 in Washington, the Reuters source said that the atmosphere of the meeting was “very opposing” (Very Antagonistic) due to the “maximalist” demands of the United States. The representative of the US Ministry of Finance called the negotiations “technical in nature”. The source of Interfax-Ukraine in the Ukrainian government gave the same characteristic. The New York Times newspaper previously reported that the negotiations of the United States and Ukraine will last two days, on April 11 and 12. The project on the minerals, which the United States transferred to Ukraine in March, provides that the United States will receive privileged access to Ukrainian deposits of beneficial. Washington also demands that Kyiv place in a joint fund all income from the operation of natural resources that Ukrainian state and private companies receive, writes Reuters. Ukraine has stopped the transit of Russian gas to Europe from January 1, 2025 due to the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. On this day, the term of the agreement of Russia and Ukraine on transit has expired. Kyiv refused to negotiate a new agreement. The United States in a new agreement on minerals demanded from Ukraine all natural resources, oil, gas – as well as control over the construction of roads, ports and factories in Kyiv, called this “robbery” of the United States in a new agreement on mineral resources demanded all natural resources, oil, gas – as well as control over the construction of roads, ports and plants in Kiev in Kyiv, they called it “robbery” was called “robbery” (Tagstotranslate) News
