Putin proposes to Trump that Russia and the US jointly take possession of Ukraine's rare minerals

2025-02-25 17:00:18Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Putin proposes to Trump that Russia and the US jointly take possession of
Putin and Trump

Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered the US the sale of Russia's rare minerals to American companies, including those in Russian-occupied Ukraine, as he further underlined his message to Donald Trump that Russia must win.

"We are ready to work with our partners, including the Americans," Putin said, adding that Russia could resume selling aluminum to the US.

"We definitely have, I want to emphasize, much more resources of this kind than Ukraine," the Russian president said.

Putin said potential deals for rare earth metal exploration could also extend to deposits in territory in eastern Ukraine that Russia holds in occupation after three years of military action.

Earlier, Trump told reporters in Washington that "major economic development transactions with Russia" would occur.

Within two hours of the US president's statement, Putin chaired an unannounced meeting with his ministers and economic advisers on rare earth metals.

Russia has the world's fifth-largest reserves of rare earth metals, according to data from the US Geological Survey, after China, Brazil, India and Australia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier that he has no plans to sign an agreement with the US that would require 10 future generations of Ukrainians to pay for.


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