{"id":252565,"date":"2025-11-11T12:32:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T12:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/?p=252565"},"modified":"2025-11-13T12:36:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T12:36:04","slug":"nigeria-uk-foreign-ministers-meet-to-deepen-bilateral-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/nigeria-uk-foreign-ministers-meet-to-deepen-bilateral-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria, UK Foreign Ministers Meet to Deepen Bilateral Relations."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Nigeria\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, OON, has met with the British Foreign Secretary to discuss ways of strengthening cooperation between both countries across a broad range of areas.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The meeting, held at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in London, focused on shared priorities including trade, investment, security, education, migration, and climate action.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ambassador Tuggar described the engagement as \u201cconstructive and forward-looking,\u201d noting that it reflected the long-standing friendship and shared democratic values that continue to guide Nigeria\u2013UK relations. He said both sides reaffirmed their commitment to deepening collaboration that delivers tangible benefits to their citizens.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">During the talks, the two ministers exchanged views on global and regional developments, explored new areas of economic partnership, and discussed ongoing cooperation in defence and governance. They also acknowledged the vital role of people-to-people ties and the contributions of the Nigerian diaspora to strengthening the relationship.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The meeting concluded with both sides pledging to maintain regular dialogue and follow up on agreed areas of cooperation.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ambassador Tuggar\u2019s visit forms part of Nigeria\u2019s wider diplomatic outreach aimed at advancing mutual interests, promoting development, and reinforcing its longstanding partnerships on the global stage.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, OON, has met with the British Foreign &hellip; <a title=\"Nigeria, UK Foreign Ministers Meet to Deepen Bilateral Relations.\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/nigeria-uk-foreign-ministers-meet-to-deepen-bilateral-relations\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nigeria, UK Foreign Ministers Meet to Deepen Bilateral Relations.<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":252566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hmfa-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252567,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252565\/revisions\/252567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}