{"id":59266,"date":"2025-01-09T09:39:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T09:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59266"},"modified":"2025-01-09T09:39:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T09:39:47","slug":"nigeria-china-strengthen-ties-as-wang-yi-meets-foreign-minister-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/09\/nigeria-china-strengthen-ties-as-wang-yi-meets-foreign-minister-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria, China Strengthen Ties as Wang Yi Meets Foreign Minister in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, on January 9, 2025, welcomed his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in Abuja for high-level talks aimed at deepening bilateral cooperation across critical sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Tuggar reaffirmed Nigeria\u2019s commitment to its strategic partnership with China, referencing President Bola Tinubu\u2019s visit to Beijing in September 2024, where four key Memoranda of Understanding were signed.<\/p>\n<p>He assured that these agreements are progressing through various stages of implementation.<\/p>\n<p>Wang Yi\u2019s visit, his first official trip to Africa this year, signals China\u2019s continued diplomatic and economic engagement with Nigeria. It builds on discussions from the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), Summit, underscoring China\u2019s intent to expand collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>Arriving in Nigeria at 7:15 PM on Wednesday, Wang was received by Ambassador Dunoma Umar Ahmed, Nigeria\u2019s Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs, alongside Chinese Ambassador Yu Dunhai and other senior officials.<\/p>\n<p>During his stay in Abuja, Wang Yi is set to hold crucial talks with top Nigerian officials, focusing on regional security, economic growth, and global strategic alliances.<\/p>\n<p>His visit reaffirms China\u2019s commitment to strengthening its bond with Nigeria while advancing development and stability in the region.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal Nigeria\u2019s Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, on January 9, 2025, welcomed his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in Abuja for high-level talks aimed at deepening bilateral cooperation across critical sectors. Tuggar reaffirmed Nigeria\u2019s commitment to its strategic partnership with China, referencing President Bola Tinubu\u2019s visit to Beijing in September 2024, where four [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":59267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59268,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59266\/revisions\/59268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}