Lisbon, Spt. 3, 2024 (Lusa) - Mozambique's minister of mineral resources and energy, Carlos Zacarias, said on Tuesday that Mozambique and Indonesia are evaluating the possibility of cooperating in the production of batteries from minerals produced in that African country.

‘In the area of mines, there is a lot of interest from Indonesia in working on battery production, and we're going to see and study this possibility,’ said Zacarias.

The minister of mineral resources and energy spoke to journalists as part of his participation, on behalf of the Mozambican head of state, Filipe Nyusi, in the Second Indonesia-Africa Forum, which is taking place in Bali.

The partnership between the two countries in battery production will be the realisation of bilateral cooperation in the mining area, given the enormous potential of graphite that Mozambique has, an ore that is already exported for batteries used in electric vehicles, Carlos Zacarias continued.

Zacarias said that he had also discussed with the Indonesian authorities the possibility of a partnership in the production of medicines within the framework of the efforts that the two countries have started for cooperation in the area of health.

The fields of fisheries, where ‘Indonesia has a very developed industry’, and transport are also of interest in bilateral relations, continued Carlos Zacarias.

Zacarias said that technical teams from the two countries would be meeting soon to define the terms of the agreements that would be signed to provide a framework for bilateral cooperation in the various sectors.

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