(The Guardian) Kremlin says Russia has rare earth metals the US needs and is open to cooperation
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russia had lots of rare earth metal deposits and that it was open to doing deals to develop them after President Vladimir Putin held out the possibility of such collaboration with the United States.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: The Americans need rare earth metals. We have a lot of them. We have our own plans to develop strategic resources, but there are quite broad prospects for cooperation here.
Putin told state TV on Monday that Russia was open to joint projects with American partners - including government and the private sector - under a future Russia-US economic deal, Reuters reports. US president Donald Trump has pledged that “major economic development transactions with Russia” would take place.
Peskov said there was still a lot of work to be done to normalise relations between Moscow and Washington before any economic deals could be struck.
“Next on the agenda is the issue of resolving the Ukrainian crisis”, he said. “And then, especially since the Americans themselves have also spoken about it, it will be time to consider possible projects related to trade, economic and investment cooperation.”
Peskov added: “When there comes, let’s say, a moment of political will, we will be open to this (cooperation on rare earth metals).
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russia had lots of rare earth metal deposits and that it was open to doing deals to develop them after President Vladimir Putin held out the possibility of such collaboration with the United States.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: The Americans need rare earth metals. We have a lot of them. We have our own plans to develop strategic resources, but there are quite broad prospects for cooperation here.
Putin told state TV on Monday that Russia was open to joint projects with American partners - including government and the private sector - under a future Russia-US economic deal, Reuters reports. US president Donald Trump has pledged that “major economic development transactions with Russia” would take place.
Peskov said there was still a lot of work to be done to normalise relations between Moscow and Washington before any economic deals could be struck.
“Next on the agenda is the issue of resolving the Ukrainian crisis”, he said. “And then, especially since the Americans themselves have also spoken about it, it will be time to consider possible projects related to trade, economic and investment cooperation.”
Peskov added: “When there comes, let’s say, a moment of political will, we will be open to this (cooperation on rare earth metals).
