Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, on Monday said Nigeria and the European Union (EU) is working to deepen their security and defence collaboration and relationship.
Badaru said when Mr Casmin Dirban, the Director Peace Partnership and Crisis Management Department of the European External Action Service in Brussel paid him a courtesy visit in Ship House Abuja.
According to a statement by the Ministry of Defence Directorate of Information and Public Relations, both Badaru and Dirban discussed areas of improvement especially the cooperation in security to fight terrorism and banditry.
The Minister “called for a deliberate effort to look for more areas of collaboration with Nigeria on defence and security matters.”
Earlier, Mr Casmin Dirban, accompanied by the European union Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ambassador Gautier Mignot, noted the existing bilateral cooperation between the two countries and expressed a desire for stronger relations.
