WASHINGTON — President Trump suggested Tuesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky may pay a visit to the White House later this week to sign off on an economic agreement that would allow the US to reap benefits of Ukraine’s supply of rare earth minerals.
“I hear that he’s coming on Friday,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “Certainly it’s OK with me if he’d like to.”
The Post could not immediately confirm whether a visit between the two leaders had been scheduled.
Earlier Tuesday, multiple outlets reported that Washington and Kyiv had agreed to a revised deal after the US dropped its demand to receive all the proceeds from Ukraine’s exploitation of rare earths, estimated to be worth up to $500 billion.
Ukraine’s public broadcaster, Suspilne, reported that the reworked deal calls for the US to receive 50% of Ukraine’s resource-related revenue.
The Financial Times, the first English-language outlet to report on the tentative deal, said that the document does not contain specific security guarantees from the US.
This is a developing story. Check back for more information.
