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| Foreign affairs minister, Ashiru |
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador
Olugbenga Ashiru has dismissed recent speculations that the United States has
withdrawn military assistance to Nigeria.
According to a statement yesterday, “Story
about US stopping Military Assistance to Nigeria is false. I have just
concluded visit to US and met with Senator John Kerry, US Secretary of State on
25 April 2013. He stressed that Nigeria remains a strategic partner to US. “
Ashiru reiterated that Kerry vowed that US
- Nigeria relations would be further strengthened in all areas of political,
security, defence and economic cooperation under the Bi- National Commission.
According to him, exactly the same message
was repeated at a meeting with Canadian Foreign Minister Mr. John Baird on May
2, in Ottawa.
For long, Nigeria and United States share a
strong partnership in security cooperation.
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