“Russian representatives visited my office last week.
They really want to invest in this project, and there are many other people who also want to finance the project, ”Silva quoted Reuters as saying.
According to him, the gas pipeline should supply the gas produced in Nigeria "to the very edge of the continent."
He added that the government hopes to start this project before May 2023.
As Bloomberg reported earlier, the European Union intends to seek intensified cooperation with African countries in order to replace gas imports from Russia.