(8 May 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kyiv – 8 May 2025
1. Negotiations team of mineral deal, including Ukrainian First Vice Prime Minister and Economy Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko listening to journalists questions
2. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Taras Kachka, Deputy Economy Minister:
"We see that our explanations have worked, maximum openness has worked – we have 337 votes in favor, none abstained, none voted against. And it really is a success. I am very happy precisely because Parliament trusts us, trusts the government, and trusts the document that exists. And that, in fact, was our key method of negotiation. Because we were looking for an option to create such a mechanism that satisfies the interests of both parties and is oriented to the future.”
3. Mid of Svyrydenko, Kachka and officials
4. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Yuliia Svyrydenko, Economy Minister:
“I hope that two deals will be signed at once (during the next week, she answers question of journalist that was specified about next week). Because there is an interest of the American side to finalize all the formalities and make the fund operational as soon as possible.”
5. Mid of Svyrydenko, Kachka and officials
6. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Taras Kachka, Deputy Economy Minister:
“We consciously did not set a date or period for which this fund is created. Obviously, as with any other legal document, its effect can be terminated in accordance with the general norms of the The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, but this is not part of our intention. Our intention is to build a long-term, preferably indefinite constructive partnership within this fund and with the United States in general.”
7. Mid of Svyrydenko, Kachka and officials
8. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Yuliia Svyrydenko, Economy Minister:
“For the full launch of the fund, it is necessary for the contributions from the United States to be made so that the fund can fully operate and finance, invest in projects that the Ukrainian side will offer them, in areas such as you have seen – critical materials, oil and gas, and also infrastructure.”
9. Mid of Svyrydenko, Kachka and officials
STORYLINE:
Ukraine’s Parliament unanimously voted in favor of ratifying of a landmark minerals deal with the U.S. on Thursday afternoon.
The ratification is a key step in setting the deal in motion which will allow Washington access to Ukraine’s largely untapped minerals, deepen strategic ties and create a joint investment fund with the U.S. for the reconstruction of Ukraine.
Parliament approved the agreement with 338 members voting in favor out of the required 226 votes, Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak wrote on his Telegram account. No lawmaker voted against it or abstained.
Economy Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko told a news conference after ratification that "for the full launch of the fund, it is necessary for the contributions from the United States to be made."
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