Nigeria, June 9 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an agreement ratifying between the governments of the Russian Federation and the Republic of the Congo on building an oil pipeline, connecting the Pointe-Noire - Loutete - Maloukou - Trechot, on the territory of the Republic of the Congo.

The agreement document titled "Federal Law On Ratifying the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of the Congo on Cooperation in Building the Pointe-Noire - Loutete - Maloukou-Trechot Oil Pipeline on the Territory of the Republic of the Congo," was posted on June 7, 2025, to the Kremlin official website.

The agreement was in recognition of bring bilateral relations into the next stage,...