Israel has described Nigeria as a wonderful country with
amazing people.
The world power says it plans to deepen mutually beneficial
diplomatic and economic relations.
The Ambassador, Michael Freeman, spoke with the News Agency
of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday.
The Permanent Representative of Israel to ECOWAS said
Africa’s most populous state had the potential to be greater.
“Nigeria is a wonderful country with wonderful, friendly and
hospitable people”, the envoy stressed.
Freeman noted that the two nations have prospects in
different fields and much to learn on both sides.
“My job is to help connect and think of different areas that
can work – education, agriculture, water, health.
“If there is something or anyways you want to work with
Israel, we are happy to work with you to build those bridges.”
British-born Freeman, who worked at the Israeli embassy in
London, presented his credentials to the Foreign Affairs Ministry on Monday.
More than 50 Israeli companies in Nigeria are into
construction, infrastructure, communications, information technology,
agriculture, water management etc.
Some donated food items and relief materials to Nigerians
during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.
Diplomatic relations were established in 1960. In 2006, a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed to formalize bilateral
consultations on politi
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