(Finance) – “Our idea is to build a new approach for Europe with Africa that is not predatory and paternalistic.” The prime minister said it Giorgia Meloni during his meeting with the president of Mozambique Filipe Nyusi, as part of a 24-hour lightning mission which will see it arrive in Mozambique as well as Congo.
Nyusi welcomed the prime minister at the presidential palace, at the entrance of which posters were placed with the photograph in the foreground of Melons and a welcome message. There is also one in the Italian delegation Claudio Descalzi, ad di ENI – which has a crucial role in the diversification strategy energy.- who greeted the president of Mozambique with a hug.
“We are two friendly nations who have learned to work together, have accompanied each other in difficult times, as happened here during the war of independence, in the fight against terrorism, and as also happens in the attempt to further strengthen our strategic partnership which I believe is of extremely important – added the prime minister -. And it is of extreme importance, particularly in this historic season.”
“I think we can see that this Italian government is particularly attentive to the role that countries and the African continent play in the current context“, continued the prime minister in the meeting with the president of Mozambique.
The mission in Mozambique and Congo is part of a path started by the Italian government since the beginning of its inauguration, at a significant moment, in the current geopolitical context of increased instability, with the aim of consolidating the process of diversification of energy supply through the building of relationships solid based on mutual trust and the support for the development of local communities.
The visit to the two countries falls right in 70th anniversary of the foundation of “Six-legged dog” and is part of Italy’s path to freeing itself from dependence on Russian gas after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. According to forecasts, Italy is preparing to receive one billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Mozambique in the winter of 2023-2024 and approximately 4 billion cubic meters in the winter of 2024-2025. From Congo, however, Italy will receive up to one billion cubic meters of waterliquefied natural gas for the winter of 2023-2024, and up to 4.5 billion for 2025-2026.