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Trump administration predicts minerals deal with Ukraine will get signed this week
US expects mineral deal with Ukraine to be signed this week
Trump and his deputies have pressured Zelensky to accept a deal on tapping revenues from Ukraine's mineral wealth US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday they expected that an agreement would be signed this week on US access to Ukraine's critical mineral deposits.
Witkoff predicts US-Ukraine mineral deal will be signed this week
Steve Witkoff, who has participated in talks to finalize a deal regarding Ukraine's rare earth minerals, expects an agreement to be made this week.
When Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts by a jury last May, there was one person in his courtroom entourage who wasn’t one of his lawyers, aides or family members: Steve Witkoff.
Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East and a New York real estate developer, is set to meet with Russian officials to discuss ending the Ukraine war.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, right, and U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff attend an interview after meeting Tuesday with Russian officials
President Trump is leaning on Steve Witkoff, a longtime friend and real estate investor, to facilitate key aspects of his foreign policy, including high-profile ceasefire talks in Gaza and fledgling negotiations with Russia over Ukraine.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, national security adviser Michael Waltz and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff are expected to travel to Riyadh for early-stage talks.
Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff explained Sunday to CNN’s Jake Tapper how President Donald Trump is working
"There were all kinds of conversations back then about Ukraine joining NATO. The president has spoken about this. That didn't need to happen. It basically became a threat to the Russians," Steve Witko
Steve Witkoff described a three-and-a-half-hour meeting he held with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month, part of what he called a "trust-building" assignment.
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