Vice-President Kashim Shettima has restated Nigeria’s commitment to strengthening relations with the Republic of Korea, especially in promoting trade, technology transfer and maintaining global peace.
The Vice-President spoke on Monday when he received a delegation from the Republic of Korea, led by the Special Envoy to the President, H.E Jang Sungmin, at the Presidential Villa.
“Nigeria and Korea have a very robust bilateral relationship that is anchored on years of mutual trust and cooperation,” he stated.
“A lot of Korean companies are doing business in Nigeria, especially in the area of oil and gas. Six of our LNG trains were constructed by Korean companies,” he told his guestss
“We are fully committed to a very robust relationship between our nations. We need to learn a lot from Korea, especially in the areas of manufacturing and agriculture. You are a success story worthy of emulation by all developing nations.”
Vice-President Shettima recounted how in the 50s and 60s, the Korean GDP was at par with many African countries, only for the Asian nation, a few decades after, to be among the developed nations of the world.
“This is partly due to the leadership and commitment of the Korean people,” he noted.
He assured the Korean Government of the Tinubu administration’s commitment to partner with Korea to strengthen relations between the two countries, especially in the area of balancing the trade deficit between the two countries.
Earlier, the Special Presidential Envoy of Korea, Jang Sungmin, who congratulated Nigeria for the successful inauguration of the new government, delivered a special invitation from President Yoon to President Bola Tinubu, to attend the forthcoming Africa-Korea Summit in South Korea.
He also restated his country’s continuous support for Nigeria across different sectors, noting that Korea’s “collaboration with Nigeria can lead the 4th Industrial Revolution”. He stressed that Korea’s development was “akin to Nigeria’s development”.
