The United States and Ukraine will sign an agreement on Ukrainian resources in the near future, US President Donald Trump said speaking at the White House.

“And one of the things we are doing is signing a deal very shortly, with respect to rare earths with Ukraine,” Trump said.

The president said he had issued an executive order regarding the extraction of critical resources by the United States.

“Moments ago, I also signed an executive order to dramatically increase production of critical minerals and rare earths. It's a big thing in this country. And as you know, we're also signing agreements in various locations to unlock rare earths and minerals and lots of other things all over the world, but in particular Ukraine,” the American leader emphasized.