President Muhammadu Buhari would confer with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany on issues of interests between the two nations.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport, Abuja, for Berlin, Germany, on an official visit.
The visit will end 15 October.
The president, before his departure, was briefed on the release of
the 21 abducted Chibok schoolgirls by the Director-General, Department
of Security Services (DSS), Alhaji Lawal Daura.
The president, while expressing delight on the development, assured that
negotiation would continue until the remaining girls and other
Nigerians abducted by the insurgents were released.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that while in Berlin, Buhari
would confer with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany on issues of
interests between the two nations.
A statement earlier issued by Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and
Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said the president would discuss issues of
further security cooperation with Merkel.
The president, Adesina said, would also discuss issues on
humanitarian situation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria
with Merkel.
He said Buhari would discuss issues on the rehabilitation of the
North-East as well as on trade and economic relations between both
countries.
NAN reports the president, who is being accompanied by Governors
Kashim Shettima of Borno, Rochas Okorocha of Imo and representatives of
the National Assembly, will meet with President Joachim Gauck.
He is expected back to the country on Saturday.
0 Comments