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Nigeria, Russia to conclude outstanding agreements
Dec 4, 2008, 15:49
| | President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has directed that all outstanding agreements and treaties between the Russian Federation and Nigeria should be signed under the aegis of the Nigeria – Russia Joint Commission.
President Yar’Adua gave the directive after the new Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Alexander Polyakov presented his letters of credence at State House Abuja on Thursday December 4.
“We signed a memorandum of understanding earlier in the year, and this should be the beginning of further stronger mutually beneficial relations”, he said.
Earlier, the new Russian Federation Ambassador, Mr. Polyakov, had told President Yar’Adua that Russian companies were interested in doing business in Nigeria, especially in the gas sector, and assured the President that he would work hard to achieve more cooperation between the two nations.
At the same ceremony, President Yar’Adua received letters of credence from Mr. Ler Lingarde of the Kingdom of Sweden and Ms. Angela Colley of The Gambia.
He assured them that bilateral relations would be improved between Nigeria and their countries, through the strengthening of the Joint Commissions, and wished them successful tenures.
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