The Minister of Defence Maj Gen Bashir Salihi Magashi (retd) has restated the nation’s commitment to the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU recently signed with the Government of the Republic of the Gambia aimed at fostering stronger Military Cooperation.
General Magashi stated this at the Ministry of Defence Headquarters Abuja while making clarifications on the MoU.
A statement issued by Mohammad Abdulkadri Special Assistant to the Minister of Defence on Media and Publicity, on Wednesday said contextualising the various articles contained in the document, he described the areas captured in the document as a Win-Win implementable Military bilateral Cooperation.
The statement said the MoU which contains twenty articles reflects the principles of sovereignty and mutual respect with the Republic of the Gambia which is known to be enjoying internal peace and security and not fighting and insurgency.