Source: Inside the proposed U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal
根据 Axios 获得的一份草案，美国和乌克兰即将达成价值数千亿美元的矿产协议，根据该协议，美国将表达其希望保持乌克兰“自由、主权和安全”的愿望。 特朗普政府将该协议视为获得美国在乌克兰投资回报的一种方式，乌克兰拥有大量未开发的矿产资源。乌克兰官员认为该协议是阻止与特朗普政府关系恶化并与美国建立长期伙伴关系的一种方式。 一名乌克兰官员告诉 Axios，协议即将达成，最早可能在周一签署。这位官员说，Axios 审查的文件是最新版本，但仍可能进行修改。 乌克兰副总理奥尔加·斯特凡尼希娜周一在 X 帖子中证实双方即将达成协议，并表示签署协议将“展示我们未来几十年的承诺”。 该协议草案呼吁设立由美国和乌克兰共同管理的“重建投资基金”。 草案称：“美利坚合众国政府打算为发展一个稳定和经济繁荣的乌克兰提供长期的财政承诺。” 草案还补充说，该基金将“投资乌克兰的项目，吸引投资以促进发展”，包括采矿和港口等领域。 但草案还提出，美国将收回与“保卫、重建和恢复乌克兰”战前 GDP 相关的部分支出。
The U.S. and Ukraine are closing in on minerals agreement worth hundreds of billions of dollars under which the U.S. would express its desire to keep Ukraine “free, sovereign and secure,” according to a draft obtained by Axios.
Why it matters: The Trump administration sees the agreement as a way to get a return on U.S. investment in Ukraine, which has vast untapped mineral wealth. Ukrainian officials see the deal as a way to halt the deterioration of relations with the Trump administration and establish a longer-term partnership with the U.S.
- A Ukrainian official told Axios a deal is close and could be signed as soon as Monday. The official said the document Axios has reviewed is the most recent version, but could still be amended.
- Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Olga Stefanishyna confirmed in an X post Monday that the sides were close to a deal, and said signing it would “showcase our commitment for decades to come.”
Driving the news: The draft agreement calls for the establishment of a “Reconstruction Investment Fund” that will be co-managed by the U.S. and Ukraine.
Key quote: “The Government of the United States of America intends to provide a long-term financial commitment to the development of a stable and economically prosperous Ukraine,” the draft says.
- It adds that the fund will be designed “so as to invest in projects in Ukraine and attract investments to increase development,” including in areas like mining and ports.
- But it also suggests the U.S. will recoup some of its expenditures related to “defending, reconstructing, and returning Ukraine” to its pre-war GDP.
