Currently, government officials are holding meetings with factions regarding the ratification of the agreement on minerals. A meeting with the "Servant of the People" faction will take place today or tomorrow. This was stated by the First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Oleksandr Kornienko, on the air of the telethon, reports UNN.
Ratification of the agreement on minerals
The Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada stated that government officials are holding meetings with factions regarding the ratification of the agreement on minerals.
Today or tomorrow there will be a meeting with the faction of the majority. As far as I know, the Committee on Foreign Policy is currently underway (14:20 - ed.), which should issue its decision. Let the factions decide... If some political forces neglect such agreements in such times, God and the voters will judge them
Date of ratification of the agreement between Ukraine and the United States on minerals
People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported earlier that the vote in the Verkhovna Rada on the ratification of the agreement on minerals between the United States and Ukraine is expected on May 8.
Kornienko noted that the vote on the ratification of the agreement should take place this week.
This week. We are working on the type so that it will be this week. We cannot disclose the time and date of the meeting...
When asked whether the ratification of the agreement finalizes the signing process of the document, Kornienko replied: "Ratification takes place of a document signed by governments. Everyone has seen it, it is in the annex to the draft law No. 0309 submitted to the Verkhovna Rada on the ratification of this agreement."
He noted that additional documents are other documents.
They have a different status - these are agreements at the level of implementation, at the level of relevant executive bodies, and they are not subject to ratification
Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada on the draft law on amendments to the Budget Code for the implementation of the agreement on mineral resources.
This is a very simple draft law, it reflects the principle enshrined in the agreement of filling the future Fund from the Ukrainian side. Currently, our rent payments and payments for new licenses were directed to the state and local budgets.... According to this agreement, all future licenses, all future rents on licenses that will be issued after the entry into force of the agreement, half of these fees should be directed to this Fund. Accordingly, the draft law establishes a mechanism by which these fees will be accumulated in a special Fund of the state budget and then transferred in accordance with this agreement to the Ukrainian part of the Fund
Kornienko reminded that according to this, as he said, historic agreement, the American part of the Fund will be filled with real money, if the American side wishes so, as well as all military assistance that will be received.
And literally the story that was about the decommissioned F-16s - this, too, theoretically, after the entry into force of the agreement, can be credited to the authorized capital of this Fund, and this will allow this Fund to be very liquid over time. Considering that the main goal of the Fund's activity is to invest in infrastructure restoration projects, development, and extraction of minerals, this is very good news for the future of the country, for the reconstruction of the economy
Addition
On May 1, Ukraine signed an agreement with the United States of America on the establishment of an Investment Fund for Reconstruction. This agreement provides for equality, Ukraine's control over resources, and the absence of debt obligations.