EU Ambassador to Ukraine Katarína Mathernová assumes that cooperation between Ukraine and the EU on minerals will proceed with none main adjustments amid the occasions surrounding the "minerals deal" with the USA.
Supply: Katarína Mathernová in an interview with Ukrinform, as reported by European Pravda
Particulars: Mathernová was requested if we may anticipate Kyiv and the European Union to accentuate their cooperation on mineral points following the failure to strike a framework settlement with the USA.
"We’ve got had a memorandum since 2021; we’ve got offered a number of technical help on this foundation, and we’ve got been working with the Ukrainian authorities to assist make clear the map of mineral deposits. And I believe we are going to proceed to work collectively on this. However frankly, I don't assume that within the present state of affairs, that is the EU's high precedence," the ambassador stated.
She went on to say that the primary precedence now’s to strengthen Ukraine forward of potential negotiations, focus on safety ensures, and work on large-scale European integration.
"So, I believe [work under the] 2021 memorandum will proceed as earlier than. This isn’t a high precedence now," the ambassador added.
Background:
- Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal stated that the mineral settlement with the US takes under consideration the agreements reached earlier with the European Union on this space.
- The signing of the framework settlement was scheduled for 28 February throughout Zelenskyy's go to to the US, however was disrupted by a spat between Zelenskyy and Trump.
- The White Home says that Trump nonetheless doesn’t rule out signing the settlement.
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