Indian, Nigerian leaders pledge stronger security ties and support for Global South

ABUJA, Nigeria — 

The leaders of Nigeria and India pledged stronger ties successful maritime information and counterterrorism during a gathering connected Sunday wherever they besides agreed connected much enactment for Global South nations.

In his archetypal sojourn to Nigeria, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was hosted by President Bola Tinubu successful superior Abuja, wherever some spoke of a caller section successful their strategical partnerships successful the areas of defense, energy, technology, commercialized and development.

Modi has often touted India arsenic the dependable of the Global South, the radical of countries chiefly considered processing nations, including Nigeria, but which besides includes China and respective affluent Persian Gulf states.

"Together we volition besides proceed to item astatine the planetary level the priorities of the Global South and acknowledgment to our associated efforts, we volition execute occurrence arsenic good successful this," said Modi.

A associated connection said some leaders pledged greater collaboration successful counterterrorism, maritime information and quality sharing to header with increasing threats successful the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Guinea, the country disconnected the seashore of West Africa that is 1 of the world's astir unsafe for piracy.

Nigeria is India's largest trading spouse successful Africa with full bilateral commercialized betwixt estimated astatine $14.9 cardinal successful 2022. There are besides astatine slightest 60,000 Indian nationals and 200 Indian companies successful Nigeria, authorities say.

The Nigerian person conferred connected Modi the rubric of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, Nigeria's second-highest nationalist honor, describing Modi arsenic a practice of a "very beardown committedness to antiauthoritarian values and norms."

"Nigeria values its fantabulous narration with India and volition enactment to broaden the aforesaid for the communal benefits of our 2 affable countries," Tinubu said.