9 hours agoUS Treasury Secretary charges Zelensky with fraud: In Munich he assured me that he would sign the agreement, not
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(a year ago)United Nations Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has accused the Ukrainian president of failing to fulfill his promise to Munich, Germany, to sign a Ukrainian mineral-sharing agreement with the US. Bessent criticised the Ukrainian president for failing to sign a valid agreement [...]
United Nations Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has accused the Ukrainian president of failing to fulfill his promise to Munich, Germany, to sign a Ukrainian mineral-sharing agreement with the US.
Bessent criticised the Ukrainian president for failing to sign an agreement worth 500 billion US dollars to offer the United States critical minerals and for escalating a word fight with American President Donald Trump, who Zelensky called “dicator”, reports the news agency. “.
Treasurer's secretary said Zelensky “assured me he would sign the mineral agreement in Munich and he didn't do that”. The senior American official described the mineral supply agreement as part of a elegant “plane” to bring Ukraine closer to the orbit of the United States.
Wednesday, Zelensky's refused requests of the United States, which Ukraine paid so much to Washington during the war through mining wealth, saying Washington had not offered much too closely so far and offered no specific security guarantees in the proposed deal.
Bessent said Russia could provide relief from US sanctions on the basis of its readiness to negotiate the end of the war in Ukraine.
In an interview for television “Bloomberg” on Thursday, he also said he would speak with the Chinese counterpart Friday and would call on China to rebalance its economy towards increasing consumer spending.
When asked whether the United States is prepared to increase or reduce sanctions on Russia depending on the development of war-conclusion talks in Ukraine, Bessent said: “This would be a very good characterisation. ”
He added: “President [Trump] is committed to ending the conflict very soon. ”
The White House head has said he could meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin this month to discuss ending the war.
In the interview, Bessent refused to offer a deadline for the Trump Putin meeting, but confirmed that he would not participate in the meeting of the finance ministers and governors of the G20 Group countries next week in South Africa “due to some internal reviews”.
