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...

BURKINA FASO, NIGER, MALI RESTART DIALOGUE WITH ECOWAS.(PHOTO).


 Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali restart dialogue with ECOWAS


Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali have resumed dialogue with the West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, which they quit over 18 months ago, agreeing to work together towards a cooperation "framework agreement", AFP reported.


The three countries left the Economic Community of West African States in January 2025, after teaming up to create their own group, the Alliance of Sahel States (AES).


Talks between ECOWAS and the AES had been under way since January 2025 but Saturday was their first official ministerial meeting.


‘Good neighbourliness’


In a joint statement issued Saturday evening, the two sides "welcomed the spirit of fraternity, mutual respect and openness" of the talks, and stressed the importance of maintaining relations of "good neighbourliness" particularly with "respect for sovereignty".


They agreed to "set up joint thematic working groups (…) to reach a framework cooperation agreement".


The AES delegation was led by Karamoko Jean-Marie Traore, Burkina Faso’s foreign minister, and the ECOWAS delegation by Cheikh Niang, his Senegalese counterpart.

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