H.E. Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniji, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to Visit Japan

March 24, 2005

H.E. Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniji, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, will visit Japan from March 27 (Sun) to 29 (Tue) as Guest of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan.
Foreign Minister Adeniji will have talks with Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura and other officials of the Government of Japan during his stay in Japan. As Nigeria is currently the chair country of the African Union (AU), the meetings are expected not to focus exclusively on Japan-Nigeria bilateral relations but to cover wider-ranging topics including the reform of the UN Security Council and the strengthening of the relationship between Japan and the whole of Africa, which have been working closely in the TICAD (Tokyo International Conference on African Development) process.
This visit by Foreign Minister Adeniji is expected to further strengthen the friendly and cooperative relations already existing between Japan and Nigeria.
Foreign Minister Adeniji visited Japan last year to attend the TICAD Asia-Africa Trade and Investment Conference, and this will be his second visit to Japan as the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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