The President of Poland, Andrezej Duda, on Tuesday, paid an official visit to Nigeria on the invitation of President Muhammadu Buhari where they both discussed shipment of gas, oil to Europe.
The Polish President and his delegation were received by his host at the State House, Abuja.
During the visit, Nigeria and Poland signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Agriculture, while promising their willingness to enlarge the fields of economic cooperation in the energy and manufacturing sectors.
Addressing a joint press conference, President Duda said the discussions with his host focused on furthering and deepening the relations between the two countries.
He said: “Speaking about the energy security dimension, the talks that we have had today are essential from the perspective of supplying both LNG gas as well as oil to Poland and to the European Union….
‘‘We want to further this cooperation and we want to increase the supplies from Nigeria to Poland and by this way we want to contribute to the development of economic cooperation between the two countries.
“Both of these topics (food crisis and energy crisis), of course, stem from the situation that we are faced with today in Europe and to be more precise in our part of Europe. That is the aftermath of the Russian aggression and the war in Ukraine.
“The Russian aggression against Ukraine, which is totally unjustified, has sparked off a very serious food crisis and a very serious energy crisis.”
President Duda said it was an honour to him and the entire Polish delegation as this was the first official visit paid by the President of Poland to Nigeria in 60 years, particularly since the establishment of diplomatic relations.
While speaking, President Buhari said Nigeria was gratified by the existing fruitful cooperation with Poland in the fields of maritime, education and defence.
On agriculture, which is one of the priority areas of the Nigerian government, the President said cooperation in this area will be a win-win for the two countries, especially in the context of global food insecurity occasioned by the conflict in Ukraine.
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