Breaking: Watch As Sec Bessent Confirms Rare Minerals Agreement With Ukraine Is Done Deal
It’s finally happened. In a video released on Wednesday evening, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed that negotiators have announced the completion and signing of a much-sought-after rare minerals deal between the United States and Ukraine.
BREAKING: UKRAINE MINERALS DEAL SIGNED, TREASURY CONFIRMS pic.twitter.com/HXrTh2cS6c
— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) April 30, 2025
Here’s Bessent’s post with his video on X:
Thanks to @POTUS @realDonaldTrump’s tireless efforts to secure a lasting peace, I am glad to announce the signing of today’s historic economic partnership agreement between the United States and Ukraine establishing the United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund to help… pic.twitter.com/N1jPa35DYh
— Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (@SecScottBessent) April 30, 2025
In the video, Bessent thanks not only President Trump, but the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, which helped to pull together the deal, known officially as the United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund. He also commented on the potential peace deal between Ukraine and Russia.
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He writes in the X post with the video:
Thanks to @POTUS @realDonaldTrump’s tireless efforts to secure a lasting peace, I am glad to announce the signing of today’s historic economic partnership agreement between the United States and Ukraine establishing the United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund to help accelerate Ukraine’s economic recovery. Economic security is national security.
“@DFCgov will work closely with the Government of Ukraine to establish this fund,” he continues, “and we look forward to quickly operationalizing this historic economic partnership for both the Ukrainian and American people.”
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