President Donald Trump previewed the possibility of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky coming to the White House as early as this week to sign a rare earth minerals deal with the United States as Trump tries to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

“I will be meeting with President Zelensky. In fact, he may come in this week or next week to sign the agreement,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday. “The agreement is being worked on now. They are very close to a final deal.”