President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria will deepen its collaboration with Zambia for the benefit of the African continent.
Receiving the Special Envoy of the Zambian President, Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, on Thursday in Abuja, President Buhari stated that the two countries would explore further areas of collaboration for the good of their peoples, and the benefit of the African continent.
The Special Envoy, who is Zambia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Joseph Malanji, thanked Nigeria for her “big brother role in ECOWAS and the African continent”, stressing that “equity is when strong ones strengthen the weak ones.”
Local media reports on Friday said that the Zambian President called for stronger bilateral relations and greater impetus for the Joint Commission of Cooperation between the Nigeria and Zambia.
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