Politico EU - Zelenskyy says no to any US minerals deal that might risk Ukraine’s EU bid

‘Nothing that could endanger … Ukraine’s accession to the EU can be accepted,” Zelenskyy said.

March 29, 2025 12:01 pm CET
By Camille Gijs

Ukraine will not accept a minerals agreement with the United States that would jeopardize its accession to the European Union, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday.

"The Constitution of Ukraine clearly states that our course is towards the EU … There are very important reforms and corresponding steps," Zelenskyy told a press conference in Kyiv Friday evening.

"Nothing that could endanger … Ukraine’s accession to the EU can be accepted," he said.

His comments come after Bloomberg and the Financial Times reported on Washington's latest minerals offer to Kyiv, which would grant the United States access to Ukraine's oil, gas and minerals through a joint investment fund that would split the revenue of those projects between the two countries.

The Ukrainian president confirmed that Kyiv had officially received a new draft of the proposed deal from Washington, which included "many new provisions that were not previously discussed," as well as "some aspects that had already been rejected by both sides," according to Ukrainian media.

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