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UKRAINIAN, NIGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS PARTICIPATION OF UKRAINIAN EXPERTS IN MODERNIZATION OF AJAOKUTA METALLURGICAL PLANT

3 March , 2016  

KYIV. March 3 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Foreign Affairs Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin during a meeting with Foreign Minister of Nigeria Geoffrey Onyeama have discussed the participation of Ukrainian specialists in the project for restoring and upgrading the Ajaokuta metallurgical plant.

The two foreign ministers met on the sidelines of the High Level Segment of the 31st session of the UN Human Rights Council on March 1, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s press service reported on Wednesday.

“They discussed the issues of bilateral cooperation, in particular in trade, economic and educational areas, including the participation of Ukrainian experts in the project on the recovery and modernization of Ajaokuta metallurgical plant, as well as the prospects for cooperation between Ukraine and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),” the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.

According to the report, it was agreed to hold political consultations between the foreign ministries of Ukraine and Nigeria soon.