France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, has again expressed his country’s solidarity with Nigeria with regard to the current security threats the latter is facing, including the threat posed by terrorists from the north.
In a posting on his X platform on Sunday, Macron indicated he had spoken with President Bola Tinubu during a televised encounter. He said France is ready to strengthen any form of collaboration with Nigeria due to the deteriorating security environment.
“I spoke with President Tinubu of Nigeria, @officialABAT. I expressed the solidarity of France with regard to the various security threats they’re under, especially the terrorist threat from the north,” Macron captioned on Facebook.
He said that at the request of Nigeria’s President Tinubu, France is to increase its partnership with the authorities and support communities hard hit by violence and insecurity.
“At his request, we want to strengthen our partnership with the authorities and support for the impacted populations,” he said.
He urged the international community to raise its engagement and said the extent of this crisis is such that the international community is required to take joint action. “We call on all our partners to raise the level of their engagement. Nobody can be a spectator.” The dialogue between the leaders is happening at a time when Nigeria is still fighting terror and other forms of violent extremism all issues for which international collaboration is believed to be central for gaining back permanent peace and stability.
