Thursday, January 31, 2008

North Korea Offers Military Pact with Nigeria


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The People's Democratic Republic of North Korea yesterday solicited a military pact with Nigeria to deepen the two countries' cooperation on military matters.

The country's Ambassador, Ri Chan Ho, told Defence Minister, Yayale Ahmed, in Abuja that both Korea and Nigeria attached great importance to military matters and have a lot to learn from each other.

He listed such areas to be covered by the pact to include barracks development and boat building, saying that his country has enormous capability to deliver for Nigeria in these areas.
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This concise article discusses the possibility of a military agreement between North Korea and Nigeria. The seriousness of the offer is not known, but an offer of military support between North Korea and a democratic country with a pre-existing military pact with the United States such as Nigeria seems odd and unlikely.
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