{"id":254093,"date":"2026-08-06T18:01:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T18:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/?p=254093"},"modified":"2026-08-07T18:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:05:01","slug":"the-ambassadors-designate-of-nigeria-to-mali-ambassador-geoffrey-ijomah-david-chima-has-presented-copies-of-his-letters-of-credence-to-his-excellency-mr-abdoulaye-diop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/the-ambassadors-designate-of-nigeria-to-mali-ambassador-geoffrey-ijomah-david-chima-has-presented-copies-of-his-letters-of-credence-to-his-excellency-mr-abdoulaye-diop\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ambassador-Designate of Nigeria to Mali, Ambassador Geoffrey Ijomah David Chima has presented co&hellip;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ambassador-Designate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Republic of Mali, Ambassador Geoffrey Ijomah David Chima has presented copies of his Letters of Credence to His Excellency Mr. Abdoulaye DIOP, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Mali, on Thursday, 6th August 2026, in Bamako, Mali.<\/p>\n<p>The protocol formalities were followed by bilateral discussion on prospects for strengthening cooperation in areas of common interest. The exchanges underscored the need to further invigorate diplomatic consultation mechanisms in order to foster a fruitful and mutually beneficial South-South cooperation. With regard to the evolving geopolitical dynamics in the sub-region, particular emphasis was placed on security issues related to the fight against terrorism, as well as on the importance of strengthening solidarity, constructive political dialogue, and mutual trust among States to effectively address shared challenges.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-254096\" src=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PHOTO-2026-08-07-09-24-48-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PHOTO-2026-08-07-09-24-48-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PHOTO-2026-08-07-09-24-48-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PHOTO-2026-08-07-09-24-48-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PHOTO-2026-08-07-09-24-48-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PHOTO-2026-08-07-09-24-48.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-254095\" src=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PHOTO-2026-08-07-09-24-48-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PHOTO-2026-08-07-09-24-48-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PHOTO-2026-08-07-09-24-48-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PHOTO-2026-08-07-09-24-48-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PHOTO-2026-08-07-09-24-48-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PHOTO-2026-08-07-09-24-48-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ambassador-Designate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Republic of Mali, Ambassador Geoffrey Ijomah &hellip; <a title=\"The Ambassador-Designate of Nigeria to Mali, Ambassador Geoffrey Ijomah David Chima has presented co&hellip;\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/the-ambassadors-designate-of-nigeria-to-mali-ambassador-geoffrey-ijomah-david-chima-has-presented-copies-of-his-letters-of-credence-to-his-excellency-mr-abdoulaye-diop\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Ambassador-Designate of Nigeria to Mali, Ambassador Geoffrey Ijomah David Chima has presented co&hellip;<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":254094,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-254093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mfa-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254093","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=254093"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254098,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254093\/revisions\/254098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}