As a means of stemming the effects of Nigeria’s current security challenges on the nation’s foreign relationships, President Goodluck Jonathan has held a meeting with former Secretary General of Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku.
Held in the presidential villa, Aso Rock, Abuja on Friday, the meeting also had in attendance, members of the Presidential Advisory Council (PAC) on International Relations
According to Anyaoku, issues about how government activities can be used stop to the insecurity in Nigeria were discussed.
“We are members of the Presidential Advisory Council on International Relations. These days, international relations have a very strong nexus with domestic circumstances”, Anyaoku said.
“So we discussed with Mr. President, ways of strengthening our international relations both in terms of foreign policy activities and domestic activities”.
Anyaoku commended the president for allowing the meeting, and for being very attentive.
“We are very pleased with the response that we got from Mr. President. He carefully considered all the issues raised with him, he responded accordingly, some immediately, others in due course”, he added.
“We talked about the impact the current security situation in the country will have on our foreign policy and on our image abroad, we talked about how government activities can check and control the security incidents in the country.”
