The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, met with H.E. Petr Macinka, Czech Republic Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA81) in New York.
Focus Areas were on expanding trade, investment, industry, infrastructure, technology, and innovation. Nigeria is the Czech Republic’s second-largest trading partner in Sub-Saharan Africa.
They also discussed strengthening collaboration in security and defence partnerships.
Nigeria and the Czech Republic are pursuing a Joint Commission framework to coordinate sectors like capacity building, technical training, technology transfer, as well as boosting political dialogue through regular ministry consultations.
A vital topic they deliberated on was facilitating educational scholarships for Nigerian students and expanding opportunities for Nigerian researchers in Czech institutions.
Visa mobility was also a key issue, as well as climate action, mutual support arrangements for their candidatures in multilateral fora and United Nations reforms.