Trump says Zelenskyy will visit White House to sign Ukraine-US minerals deal

Mr Trump said Ukraine 'could forget about' joining Nato as he prepared to host Mr Zelenskyy for talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to journalists during press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP)

US President Donald Trump said Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit the White House on Friday to sign a long-sought minerals deal that will closely tie the two countries together for years to come.

Mr Trump made the announcement at start of the first cabinet meeting of his second term on Wednesday, hailing the deal as “a very big agreement”.