Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered the U.S. the opportunity to jointly explore Russia’s rare earth metal deposits “if they show interest.”
In a state TV interview, Putin said Russia has far more of these resources than Ukraine and suggested they could be part of a future economic deal with Washington.
Earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump said “major economic development transactions with Russia” were coming. Just two hours later, Putin met with his ministers and economic advisers to discuss rare earth metals.
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In a state TV interview, Putin said Russia has far more of these resources than Ukraine and suggested they could be part of a future economic deal with Washington.
Earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump said “major economic development transactions with Russia” were coming. Just two hours later, Putin met with his ministers and economic advisers to discuss rare earth metals.
#Russia #Putin #Trump #Ukraine
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00:00By the way, we are ready to offer our American partners, when I say partners, I mean both the administrative and government structures and companies,
00:13if they show interest in joint work.
00:17We definitely have more resources of this kind than in Ukraine.
00:25Russia is one of the unconditional leaders in the stockpile of these rare and rare-earth metals.
00:33We have them in the north, in Murmansk, in the Caucasus, in Kabardino-Balkaria, in the Far East, in the Irkutsk region, in Yakutia, in Tyumen.
00:48These are capital-intensive investments, capital-intensive projects.
00:53We would be happy to work together with any foreign partners, including American.
00:59By the way, we are ready to attract foreign partners to our new historical territories, which have returned to the Russian Federation.
01:12There is also a certain stockpile there. We are ready to work with our foreign partners, including American.