Buhari congratulates India’s Modi on election victory

By : NAN

Date: 24 May 2019 10:44am WAT

[FILES] Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attending the South Africa-India Business Forum in Pretoria. - India is set to announce March 10 the dates for a national election that will see hundreds of millions of voters cast their ballots in the biggest democratic exercise on earth. (Photos by CHANDAN KHANNA and Karel Prinsloo / AFP)

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President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on their election victory.

A statement by Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Thursday, quoted President Buhari as describing India as Nigeria’s largest trade partner and expressed appreciation over the mutually beneficial Nigeria-India relationship.
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According to him, he looks forward to expanding existing cooperation on energy, infrastructure, agriculture, manufacturing and health.

He recalled that under Prime Minister Modi, India hosted the successful India-Africa Forum in Oct. 2015 and Nigeria proudly recognized India as a strategic development partner on the continent.

The Nigerian leader wished the Indian Prime Minister a successful new term in office “that ushers in more prosperity, progress and stability to the people of the world’s largest democracy.’’
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