OREANDA-NEWS   The United States and Ukraine have signed a memorandum confirming their intention to conclude an agreement on minerals. This was announced by the First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Sviridenko.

"Today we have taken a step towards a joint economic partnership agreement with the United States. Ukraine and the United States have signed a memorandum confirming the constructive collaboration of our teams and the intention to finalize and conclude an agreement that will benefit both our peoples," she wrote on social media.

The minister added that it remains to finalize the text of the agreement, sign it, and then ratify the document in the parliaments.

Earlier, US President Donald Trump said that Washington and Kiev will sign an agreement on rare earth metals next Thursday, April 24.

In early March, the United States and Ukraine were unable to sign an agreement on the participation of the American side in mining in Ukraine. During a conversation with the press at the White House, Donald Trump and Vladimir Zelensky disagreed on the topic of the Ukrainian settlement. As a result , their conversation was conducted in raised tones . Following the meeting, Trump wrote on social media that Zelensky was not yet ready for a peaceful settlement of the conflict.