KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation announced they would each commit $75 million to a joint investment fund that is part of Kyiv’s minerals deal with Washington, officials said on Wednesday.

“The U.S. Development Finance Corporation has made a pilot commitment of $75 million, which Ukraine will match,” Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said in a statement.

The International Development Finance Corporation said in a statement that the investment would support Ukraine’s reconstruction and long-term economic recovery and strengthen U.S. natural resources supply chains.

(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa, writing by Olena Harmash; Editing by Ros Russell)

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