US official demands Zelenskyy return to talks over critical minerals deal
2025-02-21 09:46:06 source：The Aljazeera
February 20, 2025
US President Donald Trump’s national security adviser has demanded that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy return to negotiations over a critical minerals deal with the US, amid a deepening rift between Washington and Kyiv.
Zelenskyy had on Wednesday rejected US plans to strike a deal for a share of Ukraine’s mineral wealth to repay Washington for wartime aid, saying the US offered no specific security guarantees in the agreement.
“He needs to come back to the table,” Mike Waltz said of Zelenskyy at a press briefing on Thursday.
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