Secret contacts and mysterious moves … the fate of the metal deal between Washington and Kiev

Reuters reported, quoting four well -informed sources, that the administration of US President Donald Trump and Ukraine are preparing to sign the controversial metal deal, after a sharp meeting in the Oval Office last Friday, ending with the expulsion of Ukrainian President Foludmir Zellinski from the White House.

According to three of these sources, Trump expressed his advisers to his desire. About the agreement during his upcoming speech to Congress, but the deal has not yet been expected, which makes the situation to be changed.

Meanwhile, the American CBS News network reported that Ukrainian officials have been ready to complete the deal with Washington, but indicated that the agreement was not finalized yet.

The network also quoted the US Treasury Secretary and the Trump administration officials that the economic agreement with Ukraine “is not currently on the table”, stressing that there is no plan to sign the president or his senior advisers to the deal at the present time.

She noted that Trump “is now seeking a major and virtuous deal with Ukraine and that the standards of the agreement may change.”

Secret contacts
CNN also said that the Trump administration officials are making secret contacts with Zelinski to try to restore talks for its right track.

She stated that US officials urged the Ukrainians to restore talks for its right track before Trump’s speech, and assured the Ukrainians the importance of stabilizing the relationship with the White House “sooner, not later.”

The efforts to conclude the agreement stumbled last Friday after a stormy meeting in the Oval Office between Trump and Zelinski, who traveled to Washington to sign the deal, and resulted in the departure of Ukrainian President the White House before the programmed time. (Al -Jazeera)