Deputy PM: US-Ukraine technical consultations on minerals deal to start on April 11

Ukraine will begin technical consultations with the US on the minerals agreement on April 11, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration and Justice Minister Olha Stefanishyna said, Report informs via Interfax-Ukraine.

"I am not in a position to go into any details because the meeting is only tomorrow (April 11), but I will be able to comment tomorrow," Stefanishyna said at a press conference in Brussels.

Kyiv previously announced that a team of Ukrainian negotiators would be dispatched to the US to discuss the agreement this week. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine is open to signing the agreement as long as it ensures equal partnership and respects Ukrainian sovereignty.