Vice-President Kashima Shettima has arrived St. Petersburg, Russia to represent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The Vice-President will join other political and business leaders at the 2nd Russia–Africa Summit and Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum focused on strategizing to enhance relations between Russia and the African continent, among other benefits.
Also, Vice-President Shettima will participate in bilateral meetings with representatives of relevant Russian senior government officials and business leaders to discuss relations between Russia and Nigeria.
He was recieved by the Nigerian Ambassador to Russia, Abdullahi Shehu and a delegation from the Russian government. The Vice-President had earlier departed Rome, Italy after attending the UN Food Systems Summit.