CUBA: Nigeria's foreign minister signs bilateral accords with his Cuban counterpart to further "friendly and cooperative relations" with the island nation

Record ID: 236187

  • Title: CUBA: Nigeria's foreign minister signs bilateral accords with his Cuban counterpart to further "friendly and cooperative relations" with the island nation
  • Date: 2nd September 2013
  • Summary: HAVANA, CUBA (SEPTEMBER 02, 2013) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF THE FOREIGN MINISTRY CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER BRUNO RODRIGUEZ GREETING NIGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER OLUGBENGA AYODEJI ASHIRU JOURNALIST RODRIGUEZ AND ASHIRU GREETING EACH OTHER (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER BRUNO RODRIGUEZ, SAYING: "I reiterate, in the name of the Cuban government, our full willingness to continue developing the friendly and cooperative relations that unite our countries." FOREIGN MINISTERS SIGNING BILATERAL AGREEMENTS VARIOUS OF SIGNING CEREMONY JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (English) NIGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER OLUGBENGA AYODEJI ASHIRU, SAYING: "Nigeria and Cuba will continue to work together within the United Nations to ensure that there is peace and security throughout the world." JOURNALIST CLOSE OF MEETING BETWEEN RODRIGUEZ AND ASHIRU
  • Embargoed: 17th September 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Cuba
  • Country: Cuba
  • Reuters ID: LVAENR6U6MPE5EJMFYWEF20IN7W5
  • Story Text: Nigerian Foreign Minister Olugbenga Ayodeji Ashiru signed bilateral agreements with his Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodriguez, during a visit to the Caribbean island on Monday (September 2).
    Both foreign ministers touted the long history of cooperation shared between the island and the African nation.
    At the signing ceremony Rodriguez said Cuba wants to continue to strengthen ties.

    "I reiterate, in the name of the Cuban government, our full willingness to continue developing the friendly and cooperative relations that unite our countries," Rodriguez said.
    Many Afro-Cubans trace their ancestry to Nigeria and other sub-Saharan African nations giving the island strong cultural ties to the region.
    Nigeria also supports the lifting of the five-decade-old U.S. trade embargo against Cuba.

    "Nigeria and Cuba will continue to work together within the United Nations to ensure that there is peace and security throughout the world," Ashiru said.
    The two countries have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1974.
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