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Canadian foreign minister in Abuja talks

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    Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy began talks with Nigerian government officials on Wednesday, designed to strengthen relations after two years of rupture, news agencies reported.

    Axworthy, who arrived on Tuesday in Abuja, told reporters he had come to “strengthen and broaden” bilateral relations because of the greater moves to re-establish democracy in Nigeria. He will meet the Nigerian leader, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, and re-open the Canadian High Commission, which was closed after Nigeria was suspended from the Commonwealth over its human rights record. Axworthy was a member of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) which recommended Nigeria’s suspension.

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