Germany: Nigerian President Obasanjo Continues State Visit

Record ID: 4156

  • Title: Germany: Nigerian President Obasanjo Continues State Visit
  • Date: 17th December 1999
  • Summary: Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo continued his two-day official state visit to Germany December 17, 1999 by visiting with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. Topics of discussion included a pending loan for Nigeria from the International Monetary Fund. "We will work together with the IMF, and will make sure the credit goes through and we will consider doing something about Nigeria's debt," Schroeder told journalists after the meeting. Obasanjo stressed the importance of debt relief. "Unless you give us a lifeline, we will remain in debt forever," he said.
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  • Location: GERMANY BERLIN
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