Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine, has congratulated
Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president-elect.
Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to win the presidential
election while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had the
second-highest figure with 6,984,520 votes, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party
(LP) was next with 6,101,533 votes.
In a statement signed by Tunde Rahman on Thursday, Zelensky
was quoted as saying Ukraine “is determined to further strengthen cooperation
with Nigeria at the bilateral level”.
“Despite extremely difficult testing times, caused by the
full-scale armed aggression of Russia against our State, Ukraine is determined to
further strengthen cooperation with Nigeria at the bilateral level and within
the framework of international organizations,” the Ukraine president said.
“We are grateful for
your country’s support of the Resolution of the General Assembly of the United
Nations Organization “Principles of the UN Charter underlying a comprehensive,
just and sustainable peace in Ukraine.
“I count on the active participation of Nigeria in its
practical implementation.
“We see the further provision of global food security, of
which Ukraine was and remains a reliable guarantor at the global level, as an
important direction of cooperation.
“The fulfilment of
this task will be facilitated by the successful implementation of the Ukrainian
initiative “Grain from Ukraine”, which is designed to significantly increase
the supply of grain to African countries in order to prevent famine.
“Taking this opportunity, I invite you to pay an official
visit to Ukraine at a time convenient for you. I am confident that your visit
will strengthen the dialogue between our countries and contribute to the
further consolidation of joint efforts of the international community aimed at
solving the urgent challenges of today, in particular the crisis situation
caused by Russia regarding the guarantee of world food security.”
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