Jerusalem Post Reports: "Nigeria putting brakes on Israeli participation in West African summit
- SitiTalkBlog
- Oct 9, 2016
- 1 min read
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JPost reports that former dictator and current President of Nigeria Rtd. General Muhammadu Buhari appears not to be in favor of a planned summit (during the last quarter of 2016) between "Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the leaders of the 15 African states that make up the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Nigeria."
"Marcel Alain de Souza, the commissioner of ECOWAS, was in Israel last month and invited Netanyahu to take part in the summit.
The two men signed a joint declaration of intent for greater cooperation between Israel and the organization, which represents countries that have a combined population of some 320 million people. The declaration stated that both parties “positively view the participation of the prime minister of the State of Israel in the ECOWAS summit in the near future.”
However, one source close to ECOWAS said that de Souza needs the approval of all member states, including Nigeria, to extend an invitation to Netanyahu, and that this is proving problematic. Nigeria hosts ECOWAS in its capital of Abuja, and the organization’s annual summit is to be held there by the end of the year.”
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