Nigeria’s Ambassador to Israel, with concurrent accreditation to Cyprus, Nkechi Ufochukwu, has officially commenced her diplomatic project in Cyprus after presenting her Letters of Credence to President Nikos Christodoulides.
The Nigerian Embassy in Israel disclosed this in a remark issued on Saturday, noting that the rite used to be hung on Friday on the Presidential Palace in Nicosia in keeping with diplomatic protocol.
The presentation officially showed Ufochukwu’s appointment as Nigeria’s primary envoy to Cyprus.
Right through the rite, the ambassador conveyed President Bola Tinubu’s goodwill message to Christodoulides and pledged to reinforce diplomatic and bilateral family members between Nigeria and Cyprus all over her tenure.
In his reaction, Christodoulides welcomed Ufochukwu and reaffirmed the longstanding friendship between the 2 nations.
He famous that Nigeria and Cyprus proportion ancient reviews, commonplace rules and enduring connections between their peoples, that have helped maintain their cordial family members.
The Cypriot president additionally stated Nigeria’s strategic significance in West Africa and around the African continent, in particular its contributions to regional discussion, cooperation, integration and steadiness.
He confident the Nigerian envoy of his executive’s readiness to collaborate with Abuja in deepening diplomatic ties and increasing cooperation in spaces of shared pastime.
The spaces recognized come with financial family members, business and funding, schooling, political discussion, and efforts to deal with commonplace demanding situations thru bilateral and multilateral engagement.
The presentation of Letters of Credence is a proper diplomatic process by which an envoy is permitted to constitute their nation in a number country. It additionally establishes an reliable channel of communique between the governments in Abuja and Nicosia.