Ukraine, US sign memorandum on minerals deal, top Ukrainian official says

FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian First Deputy Prime and Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko speaks with Reuters, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv

(Reuters) – Ukraine and the United States on Thursday signed a memorandum as an initial step towards the clinching of an agreement on developing minerals in Ukraine, Yulia Svyrydenko, Ukraine’s first deputy prime minister and economy minister, said.

“We are happy to announce the signing, with our American partners, of a Memorandum of Intent, which paves the way for an Economic Partnership Agreement and the establishment of the Investment Fund for the Reconstruction of Ukraine,” Svyrydenko wrote on the social media platform X.

(Reporting by Ron Popeski; Editing by Chris Reese)