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Turkey and Niger, a mineral-rich African nation, will cooperate on exploring and mining mineral resources, Energy and Natural Resources Ministry said in a statement Tuesday.
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar met Niger’s Minister of Mines Abarchi Ousmane in Istanbul and the two ministers signed a MoU on cooperation in mining, the ministry said.
The deal will promote the exchange of information, official-level meetings, consultations between relevant ministries and institutions, and cooperation in projects of mutual interest and capacity building, the statement read.
In addition, cooperation activities will be carried out to support sustainable development through the mining sectors of both countries, it added.