PRESIDENT BUHARI OFFERS NIGERIA’S SUPPORT TO RESOLVE LINGERING CONFLICT IN KOREAN PENINSULA

In a video sent to the World Summit held in South Korea, the President reaffirmed the cordial relations between Nigeria and South Korea as well as providing the assurance that Nigeria would put in efforts to restore peace in the area.

President Buhari has said that the lingering conflict in the Korean Peninsula has gone on for too long and is deserving of the attention of world leaders for peaceful resolution, when he joined other world leaders virtually for the World Summit 2022, themed: ”Reconciliation and Peace in the Korean Peninsula, through Multi Sectorial Peace Building Initiatives in Asia and in the World”, organized by the Universal Peace Federation (UPF).

He stated; “The Korean situation as defined by its history and geography is unique in the sense that as the only nation in the Asia-Pacific region that remains divided since the cold war era, peace on the Korean peninsula has far-reaching implications to the region, if not to the world at large.

“The Nigerian Government encourages and supports every effort to promote understanding and a commitment to peace among the governments and people of both Koreas; and has for a long time, maintained relations with them at ambassadorial level.”

Strongly backed by Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Hun Sen, and former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, the president asserted that although all countries experience some form of conflict, it is important to seek resolution in these areas.