MOSCOW: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin offered the US the opportunity for joint exploration of the country’s rare earth metals deposits, as well as the supply of aluminium to the US domestic market, outlining a future economic deal between the two countries.
US President Donald Trump earlier said that “major economic development transactions with Russia” would take place. Within two hours of Trump’s statement, Putin chaired a meeting with his ministers and economic advisers on rare earth metals.
“We, by the way, would be ready to offer our American partners, and when I say ‘partners,’ I mean not only administrative and governmental structures but also companies, if they showed interest in joint work,” Putin said on state TV after the meeting.