Before the Russia-Africa summit, which will be held in St. Petersburg in July 2023, the Russian Federation and the Republic of the Congo plan to sign an intergovernmental agreement on the construction of a pipeline for the transportation of petroleum products in an African country. This was announced on Friday, March 17, by Russian Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo Georgy Chepik.
According to him, the nearest plans for the development of relations between the two countries include a project to create an oil product pipeline that will connect the largest cities of the Republic of the Congo: Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville. TASS. “It is named after the points through which it passes – Pointe-Noire – Lutete – Maluku Tresho,” the diplomat said. He clarified that the decision on the need to sign an intergovernmental agreement between Russia and the Republic of the Congo on the pipeline construction project was made at a meeting of the sixth intergovernmental trade and economic commission in September 2022. The head of the Russian diplomatic mission noted that a joint venture would probably be set up to deal with practical issues.
In addition, Georgy Chepik said that a subsidiary of Rosatom is working on a project to build small hydroelectric power plants in the Republic of the Congo. “These are Russian-made micro- and mini-hydropower plants of a container type,” he said. The Russian ambassador specified that the African country had identified 37 points where it is possible to build hydroelectric power plants with a capacity of 1 to 10 MW. He added that their total capacity at the first stage will be 500 MW.
As Profile.ru reported, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the United States and a number of European countries demand from African states not to cooperate with Moscow. He clarified that by doing so they show their desire to return Africa to colonial dependence.
On February 23, the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation said that Western countries perceive the strengthening of Russia’s ties with African states as a personal insult. He stressed that in Africa Moscow has a high reputation as a reliable partner and friend who ready to help in a difficult situation.
