Nigeria, Venezuela to meet over global oil situation
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Jun 27, 2008, 18:09

President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has announced that he looked forward to meeting his Venezuelan counterpart, President Hugo Chavez, soon to discuss the current global energy situation as well as lay a framework for enhanced bilateral relations.

Bidding the out-going Venezuelan Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Boris Henrique Martinez, farewell at the State House, Abuja, on Friday June 27, President Yar’Adua said that such a meeting had become imperative because “fingers are being pointed at our two countries as a result of the energy situation in the world.”

The President while acknowledging that both countries have common responsibility to improving the welfare of their peoples, stressed the need for “much greater cooperation and collaboration especially in the petroleum sector.”

He wished the outgoing Ambassador well in his future endeavours and urged him to continue to promote the interests of Nigeria.

Dr. Martinez thanked the government and people of Nigeria for making his two-year stay in the country a happy one.

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