{"id":63317,"date":"2025-03-26T02:27:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T02:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=63317"},"modified":"2025-03-26T02:27:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T02:27:03","slug":"nigeria-spain-strengthen-ties-with-strategic-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/26\/nigeria-spain-strengthen-ties-with-strategic-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria, Spain Strengthen Ties with Strategic Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigeria and Spain have taken a bold step to deepen their diplomatic and economic relations with the signing of a landmark agreement aimed at fostering mutual growth and stability.<\/p>\n<p>At a high-level meeting in Madrid, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union, and Cooperation of Spain, Jos\u00e9 Manuel Albares, and Nigeria\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, formalized a Memorandum of Understanding on political consultations.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement establishes a structured framework for continuous dialogue and collaboration in key sectors such as economic development, security, education, energy, and climate action.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria, a major force in West Africa, holds a crucial position in Spain\u2019s Africa Strategy for 2025 to 2028.<\/p>\n<p>In return, Spain, as an influential European Union member, plays a vital role in shaping relations between Africa and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Both countries reaffirmed their commitment to regional stability, particularly in the Sahel and West Africa, emphasizing the importance of ECOWAS in promoting peace and economic progress.<\/p>\n<p>They also addressed global concerns, including the ongoing conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, pledging support for international law and global peace efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The new partnership marks a significant milestone in Nigeria and Spain\u2019s long-standing cooperation, paving the way for greater economic and diplomatic engagement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0 Nigeria and Spain have taken a bold step to deepen their diplomatic and economic relations with the signing of a landmark agreement aimed at fostering mutual growth and stability. At a high-level meeting in Madrid, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union, and Cooperation of Spain, Jos\u00e9 Manuel Albares, and Nigeria\u2019s Minister [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":63318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-63317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63317","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=63317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63319,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63317\/revisions\/63319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}