China, Britain to track abducted Nigerian girls
May 10 IANS
China and Britain have offered to deploy their advanced tracking
technologies to support Nigeria's security agencies engaged in the
search and rescue operation of abducted schoolgirls, a spokesperson
said.
China has offered to assist in the effort to rescue the abducted
girls, Xinhua quoted Reuben Abati, the special adviser to the Nigerian
president on media and publicity, as saying in Abuja. "In talks with
President Jonathan earlier today, Premier Li Keqiang promised that his
country will make any useful information acquired by its satellites and
intelligence services available to Nigeria's security agencies," he
said.Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is on an official visit to Nigeria.
"Premier Li Keqiang assured the president that China will support
Nigeria's fight against terrorism in every possible way, including the
training of military personnel for anti-insurgency operations, " Abati
added.
Abati spoke on the efforts by the government to locate and rescue the
girls abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok of
northeast Borno state.He also said that upon request by President
Goodluck Jonathan, British Prime Minister David Cameron has assured to
deploy his country's intelligence gathering resources in support of the
search and rescue operations.He said the Nigerian leader spoke with the
British Prime Minister on phone after meeting with Chinese Premier Li
Keqiang. |