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| Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu |
President Goodluck Jonathan has accepted the offer by Israeli Prime
Minister, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu to send a team of Israeli
counter-terrorism experts to assist in the ongoing search and rescue
operations for the abducted Chibok girls.
Special
Adviser to President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati in a
statement confirmed that Netanyahu made the offer in a telephone
conversation with President Jonathan on Sunday afternoon to convey his country’s sympathy and solidarity with Nigeria.
The
President briefed Mr. Netanyahu on actions already being taken by
Nigeria’s armed forces and security agencies to locate and rescue
the girls, saying that Nigeria would be pleased to have Israel’s
globally-acknowledged anti-terrorism expertise deployed to support its
ongoing operations.
Mr. Netanyahu who according to
Abati expressed Israel’s total condemnation of the mass abductions,
said that the team of experts from his country who will soon arrive in
Nigeria, will work in collaboration with teams from the United States
and Britain who are already in the country and their Nigerian
counterparts to intensify the search for the girls.
The
Isreali PM reaffirmed Israel’s willingness to give the government and
people of Nigeria all possible support and assistance to overcome
terrorism and insecurity.
President Jonathan said
he was very optimistic that with the entire international community
deploying its considerable military and intelligence-gathering skills
and assets in support of
Nigeria’s efforts to find and rescue the abducted Chibok girls, success
will soon be achieved.
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