Gazprom is interested in oil and gas projects in South Africa and investment opportunities.
Gazprom is negotiating with South African companies that are developing these projects, and wants to become a partner with them, ”he said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
Maketuka also said that the joint project between Gazprom and Sasol is in the process of being coordinated.
Earlier, the President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, said that anti-Russian sanctions by the West are detrimental to South Africa.
Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Oleg Ozerov said that the West is putting pressure on African countries to refuse economic cooperation with Russia.