By Enyichukwu Enemanna
Nigerian authorities have met with the Deputy Minister of Defence Industry of Azerbaijan, Vugar Mustafayev, where the two countries discussed military and technical cooperation with each other.
The meeting on Wednesday took place on the second day of the International IDEF-2023 Defense Industry Exhibition in Istanbul, Türkiye. The Nigerian delegation was led by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Ibrahim Abubakar Kana.
Prospects for future cooperation as well as the current state of military-technical relations between the two nations occupied front burner at the bilateral meeting.
The exhibition, which takes place at the TÜYAP Exhibition Centre in Istanbul, is one of the biggest venues in the world for the display of new weapons.
IDEF is one of the four biggest international defence industry exhibitions in terms of the number of participating companies.
The exhibition also stands out as the biggest forum for talks between defence companies in the world.
Nigeria at the moment battles insurgency, banditry and secessionist agitation which have led to the killing of several thousands of persons in the North East, North West, South East and other parts of the country.
