Nigeria and Russia to replace 1967 air services agreement
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Leadership
Nigeria and Russia will renegotiate their 59-year-old bilateral air services agreement to expand connectivity and investment between the two countries. Negotiations are to be completed within six months, ahead of a planned signing in St Petersburg in April 2027, Leadership reports.
Nigeria and Russia will renegotiate their bilateral air services agreement, concluded in 1967, and have given themselves six months to finalise a new text. The two countries are aiming to sign it in St Petersburg in April 2027, following talks held on Friday in Moscow between Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, and Russian officials, Nigerian media outlet Leadership reports.
The two governments have set up negotiating teams, which are to begin work immediately. The new agreement is intended to modernise the framework for air links and take account of changes in the sector, in line with the objectives announced by the delegations.
The meeting also discussed other opportunities for cooperation in aviation and related sectors, said Tunde Moshood, a special adviser to Nigeria’s minister. Nigeria’s delegation included Chris Najomo, director-general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority.
