Former US Chief of Staff: Minerals deal won’t guarantee peace

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00:00What about this minerals deal though? I mean some people we've spoken to on this

00:04channel have said that inside that deal is implied a security guarantee but

00:10others have told us they don't think it's adequate. What's your feeling?

00:14First of all NATO membership is not in the cards and that's not America's

00:19decision. There would have to be a unanimous vote of NATO members and and

00:24it's going to be blocked by several countries if it is ever put to a vote.

00:27There's been talk of security guarantees in some type of military

00:31force that would be in Ukraine to enforce an agreement that will prevent a

00:37peace agreement. I know there there are European states that want to do that.

00:41Russia's not going to agree to have NATO troops in Ukraine to enforce an

00:46agreement. I think peacekeepers are a security guarantee. I think they are a

00:50way to keep both sides honest and to make sure an agreement is complied with.

00:55Now concerning the minerals deal, the minerals deal may be a security

01:00guarantee down the road. In the short term it's not going to have any effect

01:03in making sure that both sides agree to comply with a ceasefire or peace

01:08agreement because it will take so long to implement efforts by the U.S. to

01:13extract rare earth minerals from Ukraine. But I think long term it gives the U.S.

01:18an economic commitment to Ukraine that will help sustain an agreement.