President Donald Trump said a long-delayed minerals deal with Ukraine will be signed next week, a step that could help bolster his efforts to broker peace between the beleaguered nation and Russia.
Trump, who was meeting with the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, told reporters Thursday afternoon that the minerals deal would be signed next Thursday, saying that he assumes “they’re going to live up to the deal, so we’ll see. But we have a deal on that.”
However, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent later clarified that the administration is “still working on the details” and was “shooting for around April 26” for a signed deal.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio also spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday, according to a readout from the State Department.
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