Zelensky: Ukraine receives revised subsoil agreement from U.S. with updated format

This was announced by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during a briefing on March 28, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“I would like to note that the official Ukrainian side, namely the Cabinet of Ministers and the Office of the President of Ukraine, has officially received a note today with an option or proposal from the United States. This is important. Not once, but today,” Zelensky said.

The Head of State also emphasized that the Ukrainian side should check the document sent. Lawyers should compare all the agreements that were proposed during the negotiations.

“Secondly, some time ago, our Deputy Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko received this agreement in bilateral contact with Mr. Bessent (US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent). She received this document. She said it was difficult to comment on it, because it is a completely different document. There were a lot of things that were not discussed. There were also some things that the parties had already rejected,” he added.

“This agreement needs to be compared to see if it is the same agreement. I want us to get a specific review by lawyers at the highest level. Let lawyers check all these agreements. I will accept the agreement that our side has officially received. The format has been changed. Let's study this format and talk. We have the Constitution of Ukraine,” Zelensky emphasized.

As reported by Ukrinform, on March 28, First Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko said that Ukraine had received a working version of the text of the agreement with the United States on minerals and was currently processing the document. Public discussions about the text of this agreement at this stage could harm the negotiations.