INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ukraine said on Thursday that Kyiv and Washington had signed a memorandum as an initial step towards clinching an agreement on developing
mineral resources in Ukraine, a deal promoted by U.S
Memorandum of Intent, which paves the way for an Economic Partnership Agreement and the establishment of the Investment Fund for the
Trump administration offered a new, more expansive deal
to Ukraine under former President Joe Biden.Sitting alongside Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday, U.S
a request for further details on the timing and contents of the agreement.Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had said earlier that the
comprehensive deal, which would require ratification in the Ukrainian parliament, had come from the U.S
side.Svyrydenko earlier said that Kyiv and Washington had made significant progress while discussing the agreement, and the memorandum was