ALGIERS, 3 December (BelTA) - Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko proposed implementing a large joint project on fertilizer production together with Algeria and Oman following talks with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on 3 December, BelTA has learned.
“What pleasantly surprised me is that the president of Algeria has excellent relations with the Sultan of Oman and with that state. They cooperate very closely. They are our friends. I have known the Sultan of Oman for 20 years. And, as many have noted, we have good relations too,” the head of state said. “A very interesting topic has emerged. The [Algerian] president said that in the near future he will have so many phosphates that he won’t know what to do with them. And we know how to produce phosphate fertilizers. We produce a huge amount of nitrogen fertilizers. Algeria, for example, is a country that holds leading positions in the extraction and export of natural gas. It is a member of OPEC. That means it produces a huge amount of oil. But if there is gas, then there are nitrogen fertilizers.”
“We also have large quantities of potash fertilizers. Once Algeria has its own phosphates, they can and should be used to make fertilizers. We have technologies for all types of mineral fertilizers. In Oman, which is a crossroads of all trade routes, we could build a joint enterprise, together with Algeria and Oman, as I told the president [of Algeria]. By investing, we could construct a plant using well-established technologies to produce a huge amount of mineral fertilizers needed in Algeria, in this region, and especially in Africa,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
The head of state emphasized the relevance of this issue in connection with the need to address hunger in a number of countries and to ensure food security on the African continent. “Without fertilizers and technologies this is impossible, which is why this is our topic. And in this direction we can cooperate excellently,” the Belarusian leader stressed.
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