Russia and Equatorial Guinea confirmed their commitment to the promotion of bilateral cooperation, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Monday after talks with his Equatorial Guinean counterpart Gabriel Obiang Lima.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 01st October, 2018) Russia and Equatorial Guinea confirmed their commitment to the promotion of bilateral cooperation, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Monday after talks with his Equatorial Guinean counterpart Gabriel Obiang Lima.
"Our companies are ready to continue discussing the possibilities of mutually beneficial cooperation. I believe that the regular coordination meetings are in the interests of promotion of bilateral cooperation," Novak said in a statement.
The minister expressed his hope that the countries would manage to intensify cooperation through a joint working group, set up in 2010.
A source close to the talks between Russian and Equatorial Guinea told Sputnik on Sunday that Obiang Lima would participate in the REW Russia-Africa Energy round table on Wednesday, as well as travel to the Russian peninsula of Yamal on Tuesday for a panel session of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF).
