U.S. president Donald Trump’s administration and Ukraine plan to sign the much-debated minerals deal, people familiar with the situation told Reuters.
Trump has told his advisers he wants to announce the agreement in his address to Congress on Tuesday evening, three of the sources said, cautioning that the deal had yet to be signed and the situation could change.
The deal was put on hold on Friday after a contentious Oval Office meeting between Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy that resulted in the Ukrainian leader’s swift departure from the White House.
Zelenskyy had traveled to Washington to sign the deal.
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