President Donald Trump said Wednesday that 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.

Zelenskyy is scheduled to visit the White House on Friday (February 28), during which the two leaders are expected to sign a deal on joint minerals extraction in Ukraine.

“I hear that he’s coming on Friday,” Trump said to reporters in the Oval Office Tuesday afternoon, speaking with nonchalance after several days of pressuring Zelenskyy. “Certainly, it’s okay with me if he’d like to. He would like to sign it together with me.” “It’s a very big deal,” he added.