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\u00a0President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States will sign a minerals and natural resources deal with Ukraine shortly and that his efforts to achieve a peace deal for the country were going “pretty well” after his talks this week with the Russian and Ukrainian leaders.<\/p>\n
Trump made the comments at a White House event after signing an order to increase U.S. production of critical minerals.<\/p>\n
“We’re also signing agreements in various locations to unlock rare earths and minerals and lots of other things all over the world,” he said.<\/p>\n
“But in particular Ukraine, we’re doing very well with regard to Ukraine and Russia. And one of the things we are doing is signing a deal very shortly with respect to rare earths with Ukraine.”<\/p>\n
Trump referred to his discussions this week with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, which Russia invaded in 2022.<\/p>\n
“We would love to see that come to an end, and I think we’re doing pretty well in that regard,” Trump said.<\/p>\n
“So hopefully we’d save thousands of people a week from dying. That’s what it’s all about. They’re dying so unnecessarily, and I believe we’ll get it done. We’ll see what happens, but I believe we’ll get it done.”<\/p>\n
Ukraine and the U.S. said this month they had agreed to conclude as soon as possible a comprehensive agreement for developing Ukraine’s critical mineral resources, which Trump sees as a means to pay back the United States for its assistance to Kyiv.<\/p>\n
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Efforts to seal the deal stumbled after a disastrous White House meeting between Trump and Zelenskiy at the end of last month.<\/p>\n
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)<\/i><\/p>\n
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