Zelensky ‘politely declines’ to sign agreement granting U.S. mining rights for half of Ukraine’s ‘future mineral reserves’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reportedly refused to sign an agreement presented by American lawmakers in Munich that would have pledged half of Ukraine’s “future mineral reserves” to U.S. mining interests. On Friday, Washington Post journalist Josh Rogin tweeted the following:

Two members of the Ukrainian delegation told Reuters that “some details” still need to be worked out. The news agency indicated that Kyiv is pushing for greater security guarantees from Europe and the United States. Last week, President Zelensky told Reuters he was offering a “mutually beneficial partnership” to develop rare earth minerals, titanium, uranium, and lithium, insisting that his administration would not simply "give them away.”