Omar Alieu Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission, received the letters of credence of eight ambassadors at the ECOWAS Commission Headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria Wednesday.
A release from the subregional body named the new envoys as Nicolas Auguste Nyouky, the Ambassador of the Republic of Senegal to Nigeria, Alejandro M. Francisco Herrero, the Ambassador of Argentina to Nigeria, and Miriam Morales Palmero, the Ambassador of Cuba to Nigeria,
Other envoys were Richard Montgomery CMG, the High Commissioner of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Nigeria, Peter Ryan, the Ambassador of Ireland to the Nigeria, and Nicholas Herbert Lang, the Ambassador of Switzerland to Nigeria.
The rest were Bhupinder Tomar, the Country Representative of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and David Stevenson, Country Director of World Food Programme in Nigeria.
Discussions during the accreditation ceremony focussed on enhancing and deepening cooperation, the political situation in Niger, and peace and security in the Region.
President Touray assured the envoys of ECOWAS’ commitment to peace and security in the Region, adding that “sustainable development can only be achieved with peace and security.”