Wednesday, August 22, 2007
"We invite all Russian oil and energy companies to take maximum part in the work under way in Somalia," Somalian Ambassador to Russia Mohamed Handule said at a news conference in Moscow on Wednesday.
Somalia's draft law on the utilization of subsurface mineral resources will ease operations by foreign companies considerably, he said.
Somalia also wants to cooperate with Russia actively in the radioactive materials sector, the diplomat said.
"We want to offer uranium shipments to Russia first and foremost," he said.
Handule said military-technical cooperation could become another promising aspect of cooperation, primarily Russia's role in upgrading Somalia's weapons.
"It would be easier for us to deal with Russia in this sector," he said.
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Source: Interfax, Aug 22, 2007