Nigeria-Israel Business Relationship: The Journey So Far!
Nigeria-Israel business and cultural relationship is on the upward swing. In recent years since the renewal of diplomatic ties between both countries, many Israeli firms have located in the country while increase in trade and commerce have been recorded. On the cultural front, there seem to be one-way traffic of Nigerian Christians visiting the Holyland. The same may not be said of Israelis coming to Nigeria on tours. Our correspondent, Festus Owete met with Yair Frommer*, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Israel at Abuja. Below is an excerpt of the interview. What would you consider the major achievements of your embassy in forging business relationship with Nigeria in 2006 and what are your projections for this year, 2007? During the past year, we meant to make very important steps in strengthening the strong economic and commercial relations between Israel and Nigeria and this was manifest in many events that we held in Nigeria and Israel. First and perhaps the most important is th...