
East Timorese Foreign Minister Benditu Freitas said that after his first-ever visit to Moscow, the country's authorities will evaluate the possibilities of cooperation with Russia in the field of mining, including discussing the visit of the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources to Russia.
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The visit of the head of the Foreign Ministry of East Timor to Moscow became the first ever official visit of a country representative to Russia.
East Timorese Foreign Minister Benditu Freitas said that the country's authorities will evaluate the possibilities of cooperation with Russia in the field of mining.
From 4 to 6 October, Freitas made his first-ever visit to Moscow and held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
MOSCOW, October 13 - RIA Novosti. The authorities of East Timor will evaluate opportunities for cooperation with Russia in the field of mining, the country's Foreign Minister Benditu Freitas, who visited Moscow on his first ever visit, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
“After my visit to Russia, as Minister of Foreign Affairs, I will report to the Prime Minister, and then we will turn to the relevant ministries. In particular, the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, to assess what potential there is for cooperation in the field of resource extraction,” Freitas said.
He added that he would propose to the head of this ministry, Francisco da Costa Monteiro, to plan a visit to Moscow to discuss the possibilities of interaction.
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East Timorese Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Francisco da Coste Monteiro will visit Moscow to discuss cooperation in the field of mining.
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