The Nigeria Morocco Gas Pipeline (NMGP) is a structural project that will help strengthen relations between Africa and Europe and ensure energy security. Morocco's King Mohammed VI said this on Sunday evening, speaking on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the Green March on the Western Sahara.
"The Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline is more than a project between two brotherly countries for us. We want it more broadly to be a strategic project that benefits the entire West African region, whose population exceeds 440 million people," the king stressed. His speech was broadcast on national television.
"In addition to Morocco and Mauritania, this pipeline offers the 15 countries of the Economic Community of West Africa opportunities and guarantees in terms of energy security, socio-economic and industrial development. Designed for present and future generations, the project works for peace, the economic integration of the African continent and its common development," continued Mohammed VI.
"Given the continental nature of the Nigeria-Morocco pipeline, we also see it as a structural project that promises to bind Africa and Europe together. We welcome the support of regional and international financial institutions that have expressed their willingness to assist effectively in its implementation," he said. "We confirm our readiness for any form of fruitful partnership aimed at the successful realization of this major African project," the king concluded.
About the project
In May, Nigerian authorities confirmed plans with Morocco to build the world's longest undersea gas pipeline at 5,660 kilometers. The project was initiated in 2016 by King Mohammed VI of Morocco and President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria. The pipeline will run under the Atlantic Ocean along the coast of West Africa and will be connected to the Maghreb-Europe pipeline and then to the European gas network.
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Based on materials from TASS