Alaska's rare Earth minerals to be given to Russia
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US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that any incentives he might offer his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to halt Moscow’s war against Ukraine should not be construed as a reward, and dodged questions about what carrots he might dangle, such as access to American rare earth resources or Nato troop reductions.
“No, I don’t think it’s a reward. I think that what we have is a situation that should never have started,” Trump told reporters, when asked whether incentives for peace could end up rewarding Putin for the invasion, and potentially encourage other aggressors.
“We’re going to see what happens with our meeting. We have a big meeting. We have great rare earth… [But] as far as rare earth, that’s very unimportant, relatively. I’m trying to save lives,” the US leader said in response to a query about possible Russian access to American critical minerals.
Asked whether he would agree to reducing Nato troops in European countries like Poland in order to get Russia to agree to a peace deal, Trump said: “That hasn’t been put before me, and I’ll think about that for later.”
https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3321791/trump-prepares-meet-putin-peace-prospects-ukraine-war-seem-slim-analysts-say
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that any incentives he might offer his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to halt Moscow’s war against Ukraine should not be construed as a reward, and dodged questions about what carrots he might dangle, such as access to American rare earth resources or Nato troop reductions.
“No, I don’t think it’s a reward. I think that what we have is a situation that should never have started,” Trump told reporters, when asked whether incentives for peace could end up rewarding Putin for the invasion, and potentially encourage other aggressors.
“We’re going to see what happens with our meeting. We have a big meeting. We have great rare earth… [But] as far as rare earth, that’s very unimportant, relatively. I’m trying to save lives,” the US leader said in response to a query about possible Russian access to American critical minerals.
Asked whether he would agree to reducing Nato troops in European countries like Poland in order to get Russia to agree to a peace deal, Trump said: “That hasn’t been put before me, and I’ll think about that for later.”
https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3321791/trump-prepares-meet-putin-peace-prospects-ukraine-war-seem-slim-analysts-say
