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Nigeria pledges more financial support to assist Mali's development

15 May 2013 22:08 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Nigeria on Wednesday pledged more financial aid to war-torn Mali to help rebuild the West African country after months of conflict, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

Vice President Arc Mohammed Namadi Sambo announced the pledge in Brussels at the International Donors Conference on the Development of Mali organized by the European Union and the Mali's transitional government.

The vice president said Nigeria has remained committed to the restoration of peace and order to the war-torn country and has continued to provide material and financial support to the achievement of that noble objective.

Sambo acknowledged that reconstruction of post-conflict Mali requires strong international support. He also said the root causes of the crisis must be identified and the diversity of the Malian society should be recognized.

"We are committed to supporting a comprehensive integration of Northern Mali through inclusive consultations and dialogue that would create opportunity for the socioeconomic development for the benefit of all Malians" said the vice president," he added.

Nigeria has so far committed to providing humanitarian assistance and aid in rehabilitation, administration and maintenance of military operations for the restoration of peace in the country.

The conference is aimed at offering financial and logistic support to Mali's government in order rebuild the post war country under a comprehensive development strategic plan.

At the conference, Nigeria has pledged the sum of 2 million U.S, dollars to be devoted to supporting agricultural development and the elections that were due to hold later this year in the country.