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Nigeria will continue to nuture the healthy ties between her and Ethiopia,
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has assured.
President Jonathan who gave the assurance when he visited his Ethiopian
counterpart President Girma Wolde Giogris shortly after the conclusion of
the 18th Session of the African Union, noted that both countries had
shared mutually beneficial ties which must be sustained for the gains of
both countries.
“We have very good relations and my visit to you, an elder statesman, is
part of my desire to further strengthen the healthy and mutually beneficial
relations between our two countries”, he stated.
President Jonathan said he enjoyed a good working relationship with
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, and expressed appreciation for
Ethiopia’s positive role in affairs of the African continent.
Earlier, the Ethiopian President Girma Wolde Giorgis, said he was
speaker of the Ethiopian Parliament fifty years ago, and recalled his
interactions with Nigeria’s founding fathers, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Alhaji
Tafawa Balewa and Sardauna of Sokoto, Alhaji Ahmadu Bello.
The 88-year old Ethiopian President thanked President Jonathan for the
visit.
Earlier the AU had endorsed President Jonathan’s efforts at crushing the
Boko Haram which had claimed responsibility for the serial bomb blasts
that had killed over 1000 people in Nigeria recently.
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Nigeria to boost ties with Ethiopia
African Examiner
Tuesday, January 31, 2012