Nigeria on Monday expressed commitment to tightening its diplomatic relations with China.
Ambassador Baba Jidda announced it during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Beijing.
He spoke at the 2022 International Food Fair ceremony organised by the Commonwealth Society of Beijing (CSB) held at the embassy.
Jidda recalled it had been 66 years due to the fact that China- Africa formally opened diplomatic cooperation in 1956.
The envoy stated that the two countries had already signed numerous bilateral agreements.
Jidda described Nigeria as “a very close friend of China” with settlement on the One China policy.
Others consist of deals in the exchange of education, trade, commerce, and bilateral air services.
The ambassador stated Air Peace now flies from Lagos to China due to government cooperation.
“Nigerian officers holding professional passports do no longer require a visa to come to China; likewise we enable Chinese to go to Nigeria and reap a visa on arrival.”
He disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari had directed the embassy to difficulty visas to Chinese heading to Nigeria for funding inside 48 hours.
Jidda stated regardless of the subject for college students to go to China, measures had been taken by means of the Chinese Government to relax restrictions for Nigerians.
The diplomat hinted there had been about 2,000 Nigerian college students in China, in contrast to other countries whose college students could not return due to troubles caused by way of COVID-19.
