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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday hosted President Patrice Talon of the Republic of Benin at the State House.<\/p>\n

The Nigeria leader reiterated the importance of good neighbourliness.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe survival of your neighbour is also your own, and we will continue to work with our neighbours in the light of this understanding,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Buhari recalled that on the assumption of office in 2015, one of his first steps was to visit neighbouring countries \u2013 Chad, Niger, Cameroon and Benin.<\/p>\n

The President said the move was to forge a common understanding on crucial issues, including security, trade and development.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd those are issues we must continue to engage in, for the good of our countries and the people. Whatever irritations that come up must be removed,\u201d Buhari advised.<\/p>\n

In his remarks, Talon noted that the challenges of 2020 were huge and remain in 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur relationship as neighbours must, therefore, remain cordial\u201d, he told Buhari.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday hosted President Patrice Talon of the Republic of Benin at the State House. The Nigeria leader reiterated the importance of good neighbourliness. \u201cThe survival of your neighbour is also your own, and we will continue to work with our neighbours in the light of this understanding,\u201d he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":35326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,2547,97,254,2548],"class_list":["post-35327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-benin","tag-buhari","tag-nigeria","tag-talon"],"yoast_head":"\nBuhari, Talon discuss Nigeria-Benin relations - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday hosted President Patrice Talon of the Republic of Benin at the State House.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-talon-discuss-nigeria-benin-relations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Buhari, Talon discuss Nigeria-Benin relations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday hosted President Patrice Talon of the Republic of Benin at the State House.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-talon-discuss-nigeria-benin-relations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-19T17:50:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/01\/img-6007075b37b3b.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-talon-discuss-nigeria-benin-relations#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-talon-discuss-nigeria-benin-relations\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Buhari, Talon discuss Nigeria-Benin relations\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-19T17:50:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-talon-discuss-nigeria-benin-relations\"},\"wordCount\":158,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-talon-discuss-nigeria-benin-relations#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/01\/img-6007075b37b3b.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Benin\",\"Buhari\",\"Nigeria\",\"Talon\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-talon-discuss-nigeria-benin-relations#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-talon-discuss-nigeria-benin-relations\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-talon-discuss-nigeria-benin-relations\",\"name\":\"Buhari, Talon discuss Nigeria-Benin relations - 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