India, Nigeria Resolve To Deepen Cooperation To Counter Terrorism, Piracy

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held talks with his Nigerian equivalent Geoffrey Onyeama.

New Delhi:

India and Nigeria on Tuesday swore to deepen cooperation to counter terrorism, revolt and piracy while likewise increasing trade exchanges as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held talks with his Nigerian equivalent Geoffrey Onyeama.

The 2 foreign ministers went over the whole range of India-Nigeria bilateral relations through video conferencing.

A joint communique released after the talks stated the conversations covered a broad spectrum of cooperation on political, financial and trade, security and defense, developmental help and cultural cooperation.

Both sides remembered their comprehensive cooperation in the field of defence training and capability structure, and revealed fulfillment that it was broadening to more recent locations such as defence devices assistance, medical and upkeep services, sharing of Research and Development proficiency for counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency, and routine exchange of info.

The 2 ministers acknowledged the continuous collective efforts through info sharing in between the Nigerian and indian navies, and boost of monitoring for maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea though cooperation in between the 2 navies, the joint communique stated.

The ministers advised the militaries of both nations to continue to collaborate in the on-going efforts to counter terrorism, piracy and revolt, it stated.

With a bilateral trade turnover of USD 13.9 billion in 2019-20, India is Nigeria’s biggest trading partner, and Nigeria is India” s biggest trading partner in Africa.

Nigeria is a leading energy security partner of India, and both sides accepted reinforce their cooperation in this sector consisting of at the Government to Government level, the joint communique stated.

Both sides likewise accepted broaden cooperation in Information Technology (IT), Defense and solar power jobs to be carried out through Indian Line of Credit (LoC).

During the talks, the Nigerian side revealed gratitude to India for the current contribution of medical materials in assistance of the on-going battle versus the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2 sides likewise accepted even more reinforce cooperation in consular matters and the desire to conclude bilateral arrangements in the fields of Mutual Legal Assistance, Extradition Treaty and the Transfer of Sentenced Persons, the communique stated.

Mr Jaishankar thanked Mr Onyeama for Nigeria’s assistance for the safe release of 44 Indian seafarers hijacked in 3 different occurrences of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea throughout 2019, it stated.

The 2 sides stressed that terrorism is a danger and a scourge to the whole world, and condemned terrorism in all its symptoms and types, consisting of violent extremism.

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