特朗普又“盯上”了俄罗斯稀土

近期，美国和乌克兰之间的矿产协议谈判备受外界关注，美国政府多次施压乌克兰拿矿产资源换取美方援助。与此同时，美国总统特朗普25日表示，希望获得俄罗斯的稀土资源。与美乌“资源换援助”不同的是，美方强调希望通过购买的方式，获取俄罗斯矿产。

美方：买稀土解制裁

当地时间2月25日，美国总统特朗普表示，其也想购买俄罗斯土地上的矿产。“我希望达成协议，获得俄罗斯稀土资源。”

"I'd like to buy minerals on Russian land, too, if we can... They have very good rare earths, also, and oil and gas. Look, it's a great thing," US President Donald Trump told journalists at the White House.

特朗普还称，将在某个时候解除对俄罗斯的制裁。

"I think that at some point there will be [lifting of sanctions], but right now we have not agreed to lift sanctions against anyone," the US president said when asked whether the possibility of lifting the sanction on Russia was being considered.

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对于美方的最新表态，俄方目前暂无回应。不过，此前一天，俄总统普京主持召开了稀土行业发展会议。他表示，发展稀土行业是提升俄罗斯在国际市场的竞争力以及发展最重要经济行业的必要条件，应该实现稀土产品产量的倍增。普京还指出，俄罗斯的稀土储量多于乌克兰，俄方愿同相关伙伴开展合作，其中包括同美国的合作。他还强调，美国与乌克兰可能达成的矿产资源协议与俄方无关。

Russia says it is open for economic cooperation with the United States, including on energy and mining rare earth minerals. Moscow is prepared to collaborate with Washington on developing rare-earth mineral deposits, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday. "I want to stress that we certainly have much more of such resources than Ukraine," Putin said of Russia's rare earth deposits in an interview with state media correspondent Pavel Zarubin. The rare earths deal Trump is pursuing with Ukraine "doesn't concern" Moscow, Putin said in an interview with Rossiya 1 TV journalist.

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俄总统新闻秘书佩斯科夫则在25日表示，现阶段俄美领导人都已展现推动双边合作的政治意愿，两国将恢复在美国上一届政府任期内基本断绝的对话。目前所采取的措施旨在实现双边对话正常化，首先需要恢复两国外交部门间工作的正常化。在此之后，才会出现与调解乌克兰问题相关的双边日程，再之后两国将讨论可能的双边经贸、投资合作项目。他指出，美国需要稀土资源，俄罗斯拥有丰富的稀土储备以及开发这一战略资源的计划，在该领域两国拥有广阔的合作前景。

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 Putin held out the possibility of such collaboration with the United States. "The Americans need rare earth metals. We have a lot of them," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "We have our own plans to develop strategic resources, but there are quite broad prospects for cooperation here," he told reporters.

美乌基本达成矿产协议

对于乌克兰和美国正在进行矿产协议谈判，当地时间2月25日，特朗普称基本上已经就矿产问题与乌克兰达成协议。当天稍早前，两名消息人士称，美国和乌克兰就矿产协议条款达成一致。乌克兰总统泽连斯基将于28日前往美国。

Speaking at the White House on Tuesday, Trump confirmed earlier reports that he had reached an agreement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to develop his country's natural resources. Zelensky plans to travel to Washington on Friday to meet Trump after officials agreed to terms on a draft minerals deal, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.