Terrorism: Russia assures Nigeria of support

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Terrorism: Russia assures Nigeria of support

The Government of Russian has reassured Nigeria of its support to end the activities of Boko Haram.

Russian Foreign Affairs Minister, Sergey Lav­rov, gave the reassurance on Tuesday in Mos­cow, Russia during an official meeting with his counterpart from Nigeria, Mr. Geoffrey On­yeama.

He said his country would continue to sup­port Nigeria in the fight against Boko Haram.

The Russian minister told journalists at a joint briefing with his Nigerian counterpart shortly after the meeting, that Russia was pre­pared to improve military cooperation with Ni­geria and also support steps put in place by the government of Nigeria in the fight against ter­rorism.

He said, “We will continue to support steps taken by Nigerian government in the fight against Boko Haram.”

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