{"id":254623,"date":"2026-09-28T20:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/?p=254623"},"modified":"2026-09-29T14:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:32:24","slug":"nigeria-and-australia-seek-to-elevate-bilateral-relations-through-parliamentary-diplomacy-economic-partnership-and-democratic-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/nigeria-and-australia-seek-to-elevate-bilateral-relations-through-parliamentary-diplomacy-economic-partnership-and-democratic-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"NIGERIA AND AUSTRALIA SEEK TO ELEVATE BILATERAL RELATIONS THROUGH PARLIAMENTARY DIPLOMACY, ECONOMIC &hellip;"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Press-Statement-on-the-visist-of-Australian-Speaker-of-HoRs-to-HMOS-2.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\"  data-toolbar=\"bottom\" 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