Akpabio seeks parliamentary collaboration with Serbia

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Senate President Godswill Akpabio has called for parliamentary collaboration between Nigeria and the Republic of Serbia

Akpabio made the call during a meeting with the President of the Serbian Parliament, Ms Ana Brnabic in London, on Wednesday, according to a statement by his media aide, Jackson Udom, in Abuja.

According to the statement,

Akpabio and the President of the Serbia Parliament, Ana Brnabic extensively discussed issues of mutual interest to both nations and how to improve parliamentary collaborations between Serbia and Nigeria.

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“The meeting, which was at the request of Ms Brnabić, also discussed matters relating to the International Parliamentary Union(IPU). 

“The two parliamentarians have also agreed to meet again soon. 

“The Serbian lawmaker, used the meeting to formally invite Nigeria’s Senate President to Serbia, on a yet to be announced date,” Udom said.

Akpabio was recently elected into the Executive Committee of the IPU, a role he has been playing successfully in the last few months, specifically his thought provoking speech on the needless blood letting in Gaza, and the call for a cease fire at the just concluded meeting of the body in Geneva, Switzerland.

Akpabio, the release added, was accompanied to the meeting by the Chairman, Senate Committee on NDDC,  Asuquo Ekpenyong and Nigeria’s Acting High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Cyprian Terseer Heens.

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