MFA of Ukraine: Cooperation between Ukraine and the US is not limited to natural resources

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha. Photo: Getty images

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said that potential cooperation with the United States is not limited to natural resources.

He said this at a joint press conference with his British counterpart David Lammy, Ukrinform reports.

According to him, the Victory Plan provides for the possibility of attracting international partners, including the United States, to invest in the extraction of strategic resources. This is part of the concept of «peace through strength», which is aimed at strengthening Ukraine's defence capabilities.

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«I would also like to emphasise that the range of common interests and mutually beneficial cooperation is not limited to these strategic resources. For example, we see a huge potential, especially after the termination of Russian gas transit through Ukraine, in the possibility of purchasing LNG gas from the United States of America», the Minister added.

He also reminded that Ukraine has powerful underground gas storage facilities that can play a key role in strengthening Europe's energy security.

«Here, too, we have common ground for mutually beneficial cooperation, while strengthening Europe's energy security, because this gas will be sufficient if pumped into our storage facilities for Ukraine to play the role of a guarantor of energy security in Europe,» the minister said.

Sybiha also drew attention to frozen Russian assets that could be used to finance Ukraine's military needs, including the purchase of weapons.

«There is also a field of interest in using them, including for the purchase of weapons for Ukraine's needs», he concluded.

Earlier, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz criticised US President Donald Trump's proposals to provide Ukraine with military assistance in exchange for its mineral resources.