Published October 02,2024
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Russia will start geological exploration for lithium, oil and gasoline deposits in Mali subsequent month, a prime official stated in Bamako on Wednesday.
The official, requesting anonymity, advised Anadolu that based on Mali’s Economy and Finance Minister Alousseini Sanou the primary group of Russian specialists will arrive subsequent month to start work, with the timetable for the following levels of the method already established.
The growth comes as Sanou and Energy Minister Bintou Camara are in Moscow on a one-week journey to debate funding alternatives.
The official stated cooperation with Russia will permit the West African nation to “obtain the resources necessary to ensure the financing of other economic sectors.”
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are members of Alliance of Sahel States, fashioned in September final yr.
The three nations withdrew from the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, which had threatened to intervene militarily in Niger following a coup in that nation final yr.
Since then, the three nations have labored collectively to fight terrorism and combine in areas equivalent to single passport, communications, and diplomacy.
Source: www.anews.com.tr