United States president Donald Trump, and that of Ukraine, Volodimir Zellenski, They announced that this Friday, February 28, they would sign a pact on the exploitation of minerals.
However, the leaders had a heated debate in the Oval Office which analysts have described as historical.
What is the agreement?
Zelenski traveled to the White House to sign the pact, which contemplates that the US will benefit from the exploitation of rare earths in exchange for the help that Washington sent to kyiv during the war with Moscow.
In return, Ukraine He asked for security at his borders so that Russia does not continue attacking and invading border towns With that country.
In addition, kyiv asks to enter the Otan, as a guarantee that really There will be peace after an eventual agreement to end the war.
What happened to the agreement?
The White House reported that, after the encounter among the leaders, The agreement was not signed.
“The two leaders had planned to endorse this document, considered a previous step for the signing of a peace agreement between kyiv and Moscow, but the tense dialectical encounter between them, which has ended with Zelenski leaving the White House before even scheduled lunch, has tisped the rubric of the text, “he says EFE.
“The document had already been negotiated and only the firm was missing, which Trump and Zelenski were going to do this Friday In a ceremony in the White House “, Add the agency.
What will happen now with the pact?
According to EFE, The President Trump said he will not negotiate with Zelenskito whom he recriminated to have “lacked respect” to the US.
The American president told Zelenski that You can return to the United States when “you are ready for peace.”
The Ukrainian president, meanwhile, immediately abandoned the White House after the verbal clash Without answering questions about the future of the Mineral Agreement that today would sign with Trump.