Russian foreign minister meets his Nigerian counterpart in Moscow

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00:00 We have held negotiations with the Foreign Minister of the Federated Republic of Nigeria

00:23 Yusuf Tugar.

00:26 We have found the negotiations to be useful. They confirmed the importance of regular political

00:33 dialogue between our countries, and the relations between Russia and Nigeria continue to develop

00:40 gradually. We have a common goal to strengthen this trend. This applies to all spheres of

00:48 our relations, primarily trade and economy, and the most promising areas. We have noted

00:55 cooperation in energy, infrastructure, agriculture, health, education, and the development of the

01:15 region. We have agreed that we will pay constant attention to this process and provide the necessary

01:22 organizational and diplomatic support for the establishment and expansion of the region.

01:32 Thank you very much. Very good afternoon. Just as Minister Lavrov has outlined, we have

01:41 had very fruitful and meaningful discussions. The relations between Nigeria and Russia are

01:48 historic. The frameworks already exist, so it is just a matter of continuing with what

02:06 already exists. We have a joint commission in place between the two countries. A meeting will be

02:11 coming up soon. And within that framework, there are several efforts that are going to be taken to

02:20 improve trade relations, to improve military cooperation. We have, of course, a committee that is

02:33 going to be constituted soon that will continue with all of that. We have collaboration vis-à-vis

02:38 nuclear science, which has different applications, power in the field of medicine, and so on and so

02:49 forth. And these are things that Nigeria is very keen to see happen.

03:01 Within, of course, the regional context and global context, we share the same feelings because we have

03:06 very many similarities. We are both multicultural nations, so it is easier for us to understand

03:17 multiculturalism within the present global context.

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