Nigeria will never forget Russia’s assistance during civil war, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said at the international conference Future Investment Initiative held in the capital of Saudi Arabia Riyadh.
"Those who focus on the progress of developing countries would see what Russia had done for us. We will never forget that we went over our civil war with the help of Russia and since then, politically and economically, the Russians are helping Nigeria in so many ways," TASS quoted the Nigerian leader as saying.
Russia, according to Buhari, is "a responsible partner in Nigeria's development."
The Nigerian Civil War was fought from the summer of 1967 to January 1970. It is estimated that up to 3 million people died during the war.
Nigeria is a state in West Africa, a member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. As for the religious composition of the population, 51.6% are Muslims, 46.9% are Christians, and the rest are adherents of local traditional beliefs.
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