The Pakistani Government is partnering with Nigeria to fight terrorism in the country.
Nigeria and Pakistan both face a common problem of insurgency and terrorism by Al-Qaeda and Boko Haram terrorist groups.
However, Pakistani Ambassador to Nigeria, Lieutenant-General, Mohamud Shalim, in an interview with Channels Television, said that Pakistan and Nigeria have been having meaningful interaction in fighting terrorism by exchanging intelligence information and training of security personnel.
“Nigeria should continue fighting, that is what I can really advise because this kind of fight is not one day’s fight. It takes very long to really finish this manner of terrorism because (if) you kill one terrorist there are 20 more who would take part.”
The Ambassador also said that fighting terrorism requires a multidimensional approach, as this is a continuous issue and not one that requires just military action.
“We like what we are doing in Pakistan; fighting, talking and some of the development issues and some social projects taking place in that area. The objective is to close the space for the terrorists, and that space can only be closed through a multidimensional approach, not through just fighting”, he said.
