At this afternoon’s Arria Formula meeting on addressing the issue of resource-driven insecurity in Africa in the context of the global race for critical minerals, organized by Sierra Leone
and co-sponsored by DRC and Liberia, Greece:
➡️ expressed the particular emphasis it places on the issue, as a country with significant mineral resources itself, and as an important factor in the related EU’s endeavor to develop sustainable supply chains
➡️ pointed out that supply chains could be instrumental to the added value that critical minerals can bring to the global economy and particularly to Africa
➡️ emphasized on the need of prudent management of the critical minerals, based on transparency and accountability to avoid fueling existing conflicts and trigger new one.
Read the statement here.
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