As part of their intensive efforts to combat insecurity, the Europe Union (EU) has put out initiatives to continue working with Nigeria to enhance security, economic development and its vision for the future.
The Ambassador to the EU Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms Samuela Isopi said this at the Europe Day celebration in Abuja.
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The Europe Day is a day set aside for celebrating peace and unity among the European countries that form the EU since 1950.
The theme of the 2022 Europe Day celebration is; ‘ Peace , Cooperation and Unity’. The celebration holds every May 9 after Robert Schuman Declaration which launched the European projects.
Isopi said that the EU as a bloc remained Nigeria’s biggest trading partners accounting for more than 20 per cent of Nigerian trade with the world.
She added that in 2021 the volume of EU-Nigeria trade stood at 28.7 billion euros an increase of more than 25 per cent over 2020, with a trade balance of 6.4 billion euros in favour of Nigeria.
She said the bloc would continue to work with European Union Member States, the European Investment Bank and other EU Development Financial Institutions, as ‘Team Europe’ to implement their joint vision.
She added that the bloc in bringing back peace in the North-East it would support recovery , peace building and the fight against terrorism and violent extremism , through the Multinational Joint Task Force
She said that the bloc would want to work together to strengthen multilateralism, democracy human rights, free and fair trade and sustainable development
Africa Daily News, New York
