Defence Minister, Mansur Dan-Ali says, Nigeria
and Italy will soon finalize a draft technical agreement on military defence
cooperation and operations,
The minister disclosed this when he met
with Italy’s Minister of Defence, Roberta
Pinnoti in Rome .
Dan-Ali said that the agreement was
expected to facilitate exchange of data and experiences on technical matters
affecting preparation and conduct of combined naval operations on
counter-piracy awareness and oil platforms protection.
The other things the agreement will
facilitate, according to the minister, are the holding of combined
counter-piracy exercises and other maritime security activities in
international waters and territorial waters of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Dan-Ali s also said the draft would
consider cooperation in any other field of naval activities at practical level.
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