TÜRKIYE IS PLANNING TO ESTABLISH LOCAL DEFENCE PRODUCTION FACILITIES AND MILITARY TRAINING CENTRES IN NIGERIA AS PART OF EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN SECURITY COOPERATION AND INCREASE BILATERAL TRADE TO $5 BILLION.(PHOTO).

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 Türkiye is planning to establish local defence production facilities and military training centres in Nigeria as part of efforts to strengthen security cooperation and increase bilateral trade to $5 billion. Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mehmet Poroy, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja, saying the proposed facilities would enable Türkiye to support local military equipment production rather than simply supplying weapons and equipment. He also revealed that 200 Nigerian special forces personnel were undergoing a two-month training programme in Türkiye, with plans underway to establish a similar facility in Nigeria. “We are planning to have some local production unit also in that context, not only selling to Nigeria the tools, equipment, the arms that it needs, but also the possibility of having local production here in Nigeria,” Poroy said. On trade, the ambassador said bilateral trade currently stood at approximately $2 billion, including oil and gas, but both countries were targe...

UAE DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN SUDAN AIRPORT ATTACK. (PHOTO).


 UAE denies involvement in Sudan airport attack


The United Arab Emirates denied allegations by Sudan that an Emirati drone had been used in an attack on Khartoum airport on Monday launched ​from Ethiopia, according to a statement by a UAE official late ‌on Tuesday, Reuters reported.


Sudan has long accused the UAE of backing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which have been fighting the Sudanese army in a three-year-old civil war that has devastated the ​country. The Gulf state has denied this and said it seeks an ​end to the conflict, one of the world's deadliest.


Late on Monday, ⁠Sudan's army spokesman alleged an escalation in UAE support, broadcasting images and ​flight paths he said showed Emirati-owned drones that had taken off from Ethiopia's Bahir ​Dar airport and struck several locations in Sudan in March and May. Reuters was not able to independently verify the information.


Sudanese officials also said they were prepared to respond to ​the alleged violation.


Asked for comment by Reuters, the UAE official said: "These fabrications are ​part of a calculated pattern of deflection – shifting blame to others to evade responsibility for ‌their ⁠own actions – and are intended to prolong the war and obstruct a genuine peace process."


Ethiopia in a statement had also denied the allegations.


In statements on Tuesday, Egypt and Saudi Arabia condemned the attack on Khartoum airport, which had recently re-opened ​to flights. Both ​countries warned against ⁠interference by Sudan's neighbours.


Massad Boulos, the U.S. administration's senior adviser for Arab and African affairs, also said external support to ​either side of the conflict must end.


Sudan's war erupted after ​the RSF ⁠and the Sudanese army fell out over plans to integrate their forces and transition to democracy.


The RSF quickly took over Khartoum but was pushed out last year. ⁠It has ​since consolidated control of the Darfur region in ​the west, and opened a new front, also marked by repeated drone attacks, in the Blue ​Nile state along the border with Ethiopia.

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