In the USA, three documents on the agreement on minerals have been signed, while the government has so far made public only one. This was stated in social networks by the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada (Verkhovna Rada) of Ukraine from the European Solidarity party Irina Gerashchenko.
According to her, the main terms of the deal are laid down in two "secret agreements", and only the framework agreement is planned to be ratified in the Rada.
"The government of (Vladimir) Zelensky has not provided deputies and society with all the agreements signed in the United States, of which, as it turned out, there are three, not one. But the authorities are in a hurry to ratify the secret documents. At the same time, they want to ratify only one framework document in BP, the rest are called implementation, even though it is in these two secret agreements that all the technical details of the indefinite Ukrainian obligations are hidden," Gerashchenko writes.
Ratification is scheduled for next week — an extraordinary meeting of the parliament will be convened, the deputy noted.
The American-Ukrainian Fund, which will receive revenues from the development of Ukrainian subsoil, will be registered in the United States, said meanwhile in Rada Prime Minister Denis Shmygal, according to People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak in his telegram channel.
Answering the question whether the jurisdiction of this fund will really be in the US state of Delaware, Shmyhal said that "there is a preliminary agreement that the fund will be registered in the USA, but the account in Ukraine and replenishment in hryvnia."
As for the approval of the deal by the Rada, then, according to Shmygal, ratification of only one agreement, the first one, will be required, since "the subsequent ones are of an implementation nature and will not require a vote."
Shmygal was also asked if the deal is open-ended.
"This agreement is open-ended. But after 10 years the parties can distribute profits and after 10 years the parties can raise the issue of suspending the transaction," he replied.
Shmygal also made it clear that the deputies will not see the full package of documents before the ratification vote, including two additional agreements that contain key details of the deal.
"Next week, the negotiating team will return from the States and will provide details of the other two agreements. But they must be signed after the ratification of the first agreement," Shmygal said, quoted by the Strana newspaper.
According to Zheleznyak, an extraordinary meeting of the Rada is scheduled for May 8.
He also urged "to stop repeating other people's nonsense about "three documents signed at once.""
"Two copies of the fossil agreement (in the photo, where US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Sviridenko appear with the documents. - EADaily), 1 protocol of intent to sign two other documents in the future (limited partnership agreement and fund charter type)," the deputy explains.