Sucre (Bolivia), Feb. 3 -- Bolivia will honor lithium agreements concluded by the previous government with Russia and China, provided the integrity and transparency of those deals are confirmed, President Rodrigo Paz said.

The deals will be reviewed and made public to allow proper scrutiny, Paz told the Financial Times in an interview published Tuesday.

"They will be respected if and when they are transparent," Paz was quoted as saying.

Bolivian Economy Minister Jose Gabriel Espinosa told Sputnik last week that the South American nation would review the agreements to assess their compliance with new regulations.

On September 11, 2024, the Bolivian government signed a contract with Uranium One Group, a subsidiary of Russia's nuclear gian...