U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will arrive at the White House on Friday to sign a partnership agreement on exploiting Ukraine’s natural resources.
“It’s confirmed now. We’re going to sign an agreement that will be a very big deal,” Trump said during the first meeting of his cabinet at the White House. He noted that the agreement would concern “rare earth metals and other things.”
“The previous administration put us in a very bad situation, but we managed to finalize a deal that will let us get our money back—and in the future, we’ll make a lot of money,” the president added.