Russia considers Mozambique as a country of opportunity to accommodate its economic interests in the exploration of oil, gas, coal and gold, Russian Federation deputy minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Evgeniy Kiselev has said.
Kiselev expressed Russia’s interest in Maputo yesterday in comments to the press about the agreements reached during the meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission for Economic and Technical-Scientific Cooperation between the Republic of Mozambique and the Russian Federation.
He said that Russia had an ongoing project exploring Mozambican geology and carried out by the Rosneft oil company. “We have great experience and advanced technology in this area, which we have already put to work in other countries, like Cuba,” he said.
Kiselev said that, in addition to oil and gas, the Russian government would invite entrepreneurs to invest in the exploration of coal and other mineral resources, declaring that, as a geologist himself, he was sure that gold deposits could also be found in Mozambique.
“Other areas to be explored are transport, infrastructure, and the peaceful use of atomic energy in the health sphere and space, where Russia has a great experience to share with colleagues,” he added.
Mozambique’s deputy minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Maria Manuela Lucas dos Santos, said that one of the government’s priorities in this five-year period was the agriculture sector. The agreement includes cooperation in agriculture and food security and also in Mozambique’s rich maritime resources.
Deputy Minister Dos Santos said that a mixed Russian-Mozambican consultative team composed of representatives from various sectors of the Civil Service and business people were working on cooperation in various areas including diplomatic policy, finance, agriculture, mineral resources, transport and communications, industry and trade and oil and gas.
Who is Evgeniy Kiselev?
Deputy Minister – Head of the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use, Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation Yevgeny Kiselyov was born in 1961 in Belgorod.
In 1983 he graduated from the Sverdlovsk Red Flag of Labour Mining Institute named after V. V. Vakhrushev with a degree in “Geological survey, searching and prospecting of mineral deposits ” attaining the qualification ” Mining engineer-geologist.”
In 1983-1985 – engineer-geologist Ural as part of the geological survey expedition of the USSR Ministry of Geology
In 1985-1998 – Senior Geologist , category II, head of the Gorno- Altai search and survey expedition of the USSR Ministry of Geology (later – the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Russia ) .
In 1998-2000 – Head of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise ” Gorno – Altai search and exploration expedition of the Ministry of Natural Resources “.
In 2000-2012 years – Deputy CEO for Exploration of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “All-Russian Geological Research Institute . AP Karpinski ” (FSUE) of the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use . Curated the regional geological, geophysical and geological surveys of Rosnedra, which encompass the creation of the official national geological maps of 1: 200,000 and 1: 1,000,000 (the new series and the 3rd generation). From 2001, Yevgeny Kiselyov directed the work and co-wrote of the GIS Atlas “Nedra Russia.” In 2002 actively participated in the international project “Atlas of the geological maps of Central Asia and neighbouring territories, scale 1: 2 500 000”. From 2005 to 2008, has been closely involved in developing a number of long-term programs for the regional geological study of subsoil of land and continental shelf of the Russian Federation.
From 2012 he worked as Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use .
On September 9, 2015 he was appointed acting head of Rosnedra. By the decree № 6 issued by the Russian Federation Government on 13 January 2016 the Yevgeny Kiselyov was appointed Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation and the Head of the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use .
Awards and commendations:
In 2004 Evgeny Kiselev was awarded the “Excellence in prospecting for mineral resources ”
In 2005 his name was added to the the “Board of Honour” of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation In 2007 he was nominated as “Honoured Geologist of the Russian Federation “.
In 2011 he became the winner of the Russian Federation Government Prize in Science and Technology In 2014 he received Certificate of Merit of the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use.
Source: Notícias / MINEX Russia 2017 / COM
