Ukrainian delegation to visit U.S. to discuss minerals deal on April 11-12

Informed sources told Bloomberg about this.

According to two sources, the Ukrainian delegation will include deputy ministers of economy and justice, but not higher-level politicians, as negotiations with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump currently require technical consultations.

They also said that Kyiv has appointed an international law firm to advise on the negotiations. According to the sources, the visit is scheduled for April 11–12.

Minerals deal: background

On Thursday, March 27, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the U.S. is pushing for a full agreement on minerals to be signed immediately instead of a framework agreement.

On March 28, media reports surfaced that the administration of the U.S. President Donald Trump had reintroduced a provision requiring Ukraine to reimburse all aid provided by the U.S. since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022.

During the government Q&A hour in the Verkhovna Rada on March 28, Ukrainian Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko confirmed that the government had received a draft minerals agreement from the U.S. and was working on forming its position.

Later, Zelenskyy commented on the new U.S. draft agreement on Ukrainian rare earth minerals, stating that it contained provisions both sides had previously rejected.

On March 31, U.S. President Donald Trump said that the Ukrainian leader was looking to back out of the minerals deal.

On the same day, it became known that Ukraine and the United States discussed the American draft of the fossil fuel agreement for the first time.

On April 4, Zelenskyy said that next week lawyers would present him with the main points of the Ukrainian draft of the rare earth minerals agreement with the United States.