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US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz said that Ukrainian President Voludimir Zelinski will sign a critical metal deal with the United States in the very short term and that the war in Ukraine will end “soon”, despite agreed.

“During the Trump era, this war will end and end soon,” Waltz told the conservative political work conference in Maryland on Friday. “He is the president of peace.”

Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Zellinski last week, invited an inaugural attempt to end the war. Then he sent senior US officials to meet with Russian officials in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, but Zelinski was not invited.

Washington moved to an experimental language from the annual G7 Declaration to support Kiev, which paints the Kremlin as the aggressor.

Ukraine has requested security guarantees from the United States, as well as Europe, to ensure that any peace deal is permanent and fair, and Russia will prevent the use of the truce to rest and re -arms, allowing it to resume its invasion.

Al -Fals said Zelinski He wanted to develop critical minerals with American investment and claimed that the Ukrainian leader would agree to an agreement with Washington, although he did not provide the details of the conditions.

Last week, Zelenskyy rejected a proposal made by US Treasury Secretary Scott Beesen during a visit to KyIV, saying he was not in the interest of Ukraine as written.

The deal suggested that the United States will carry about 50 percent of the rare land rights in Ukraine and critical minerals in exchange for previous military aid, and did not contain any offers to help in the future.

The senior Ukrainian officials who watched the fT told that Bessent demanded that Zellinski sign the deal in his presence.

The officials said that they spent last week in the position of counter -efforts, they discussed with the US special envoy to Ukraine, Keith Keel, in Kiev on Thursday and Friday.

“He suggested the fastest and most constructive way to achieve the results.”

He added: “Ukraine is ready for a truly strong and effective agreement with the US President for investments and security.”

“We have never said that we do not want to sign [the deal]A senior Ukrainian official said. “They do not understand that the draft text cannot violate our constitution, and in fact, we are helping Trump to make a real deal.”

The official added that Kiev was trying to negotiate “a strong deal that does not violate our laws and our constitution that guarantee investments and security.”

Officials with continuous negotiations said that the United States made an improved proposal, but the two sides were still working on several points.

Zelenskyy’s rejection of the original American deal and the war of following him and Trump during the past week raised concerns about the strategic partnership between the two countries and future American assistance, which Ukraine relies heavily to enter Russia’s attacks.

“We want to be productive with the Americans, and it is not our choice to discuss,” said the Ukrainian official.

Trump this week falsely claimed that Zelinski had started the war, and raised the risks more on Friday by saying that the Ukrainian president did not need to participate in negotiations to end it. Trump also described Zelinski as a “dictator” in a social media post.

“I don’t think it is extremely important to be in meetings, to be honest with you,” Trump said. “When Zelinski said, Oh, he was not invited to a meeting, I mean, this was not a priority because he performed such a bad job in negotiating so far.”

On Friday, Waltz told his conservative fans outside Washington that the United States is “a commitment” to American taxpayers “to recover hundreds of billions of dollars in this war,” which makes applause from the crowd.

He added that Europe was “often” a payment of its contributions in Ukraine, so the United States should also be.

“Here is the final result, President Zelinski will sign this deal, and you will see it in the very short term,” said Falaz. “This is a good thing for Ukraine. What is better for Ukraine than being in an economic partnership with the United States?.. What is better for Ukraine to stop killing?”

Palls also Trams as a peacemaker. “War in Europe will end. Wars in the Middle East will end. He said it will re -invest the United States and our leadership in our hemisphere, from the Arctic to the border to Panama.

He added: “By the end of this everything, we will get the Nobel Peace Prize sitting next to the name Donald J Trump.”