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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Shweta Sharma

Starmer sees value in Trump’s mineral deal with Ukraine after meeting with US president

British prime minister Keir Starmer said he saw “validity” in Donald Trump’s argument for pursuing a mineral deal with Ukraine on the eve of president Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to Washington to finalise it.

Sir Keir claimed that the US president’s deal for highly valuable rare earth minerals would form “at least one element” of a security guarantee for Kyiv against Russia.

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