Go to media bankSorting diamonds. File photoMOSCOW, Oct 23The Central African Republic (CAR) would be happy to cooperate with Russian companies in diamond mining, but so far no proposals have been received from them, Simplis Sarandji, Chairman of the Parliament of the Republic, said in an interview with RIA Novosti. «We would be glad to such cooperation. We are accused of allegedly the Central African Republic gives Russian companies the right to explore and mine diamonds.I can assure you as the speaker of parliament: this has never happened, because in our constitution there is Article 60, which determines the procedure for diamond mining.If you come to the Central African Republic and want to explore diamonds , you need to go through a commission at the Ministry of Minerals, which will ask for permission from the Parliament, and get approval there,» he said. The politician added that during his work, not a single Russian company has applied to the leadership of the Central African Republic with a request about diamond exploration. He also said that during his visit to Moscow, he discussed with the Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin Russia's support for his country in the fight against the lifting of the embargo on diamond mining in the CAR.The Central African Republic announced the launch of a national cryptocurrency project «Our country is an exporter of diamonds to the world market, but after the political crisis, we were embargoed. We discussed this problem with the Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, and he assured me of Russia's support in this matter,» Sarandzhi said .He explained that Russia assisted while chairing the Kimberley process (the United Nations Approved Diamond Certification Scheme), now Botswana. was the chairman, but she is in good relations with the leadership of Botswana, so work in this direction will continue. We very much hope that everything will normalize and people around the world will have access to Central African diamonds,» said the representative of the CAR parliament. Previously, the Minister of Minerals of the CAR Rufin Benam Beltongu told RIA Novosti that he expects the visit of representatives of Rosgeo to discuss new projects with Russia. He also added that the Central African Republic has great potential for mining, the country has deposits of more than 400 different minerals.Read the full text of the interview >>>
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