Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang met Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Sept. 3. The two countries upgraded bilateral relations to a “comprehensive strategic partnership,” which includes a new nuclear energy partnership, a government spokesperson said. Nigeria aims at creating its own nuclear energy industry, reported Oilprice.com yesterday: “At the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, both nations signed a comprehensive agreement to enhance collaboration in the Belt and Road Initiative, human resource development, and nuclear energy. The alliance is expected to bolster development, stability, and security in the West African subregion.”
According to People’s Daily, Li noted that under the framework of high-quality Belt and Road Initiative cooperation, China will deepen cooperation with Nigeria in areas of infrastructure construction, finance, agriculture and fisheries, and expand cooperation in marine economy, clean energy and digital economy.
