– Nigeria and oil rich Equatorial Guinea have signed a joint policing agreement
– Both nations will work together to enhance security and curb piracy piracy around their shores
– The agreement was signed during President Buhari’s visit to the semi-island nation
Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea have signed an agreement on establishing a combined Maritime Policing and Security Patrol Committee.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s special media and publicity assistant Garba Shehu said the agreement is expected to enhance security in the Gulf of Guinea and help to curb maritime crimes such as piracy, crude oil theft, sabotage and arms smuggling.
According to a communiqué issued at the end of President Buhari’s visit to Equatorial Guinea, both countries also agreed to discuss greater cooperation on oil and gas production and a bilateral trade agreement.
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The Nigeria-Equatorial Guinea joint commission will be revived from its present state of dormancy and empowered to play its proper role in the strengthening of bilateral relations.
Shehu said both Buhari and the president of Equatorial Guinea Obiang Nguema Mbasogo expressed satisfaction with the atmosphere of trust and solidarity that now exists between their countries.
In their talks during the two-day visit, the two leaders further discussed sub-regional, regional and international issues including terrorism, violent extremism and the state of the global economy.
Buhari’s was well received by Equatorial Guinea’s president Nguema Mbasogo
They also discussed the crises in some African countries and efforts by the African Union to achieve peace, stability and progress across the continent.
Buhari returned to Nigeria yesterday evening after taking a tour of the Equatoguinean capital of Malabo.
The president’s visit to the small semi-island nation has been well received in both countries and has strengthened ties between the two oil rich nations.
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