In a statement by the Office of the President-elect and signed by Tunde Rahman, the Ukrainian leader, in a congratulatory letter he personally signed, expressed his gladness at the peaceful conduct of Nigeria’s just-concluded general election, adding that his country was determined to further strengthen cooperation with Nigeria.
Zelenskyy used the opportunity of the goodwill message to extend his invitation to the President-elect to visit Ukraine as soon as he settles down in office after inauguration on May 29, 2023.
“Please accept my sincere congratulations on your election as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Despite extremely difficult testing times, caused by the full-scale armed aggression of Russia against our State, Ukraine is determined to further strengthen cooperation with Nigeria at the bilateral level and within the framework of international organizations.
“We are grateful for your country’s support of the Resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization ‘Principles of the UN Charter underlying a comprehensive, just and sustainable peace in Ukraine’.
“I count on the active participation of Nigeria in its practical implementation. We see the further provision of global food security, of which Ukraine was and remains a reliable guarantor at the global level, as an important direction of cooperation,” the Ukrainian leader was quoted to have said.
He noted that the fulfillment of this task would be facilitated by the successful implementation of the Ukrainian initiative “Grain from Ukraine”, which was designed to significantly increase the supply of grain to African countries in order to prevent famine.
