 Vice-President Yemio Shimadro has received the Liberian Vice-President Jawahar Taylor at the presidential villa in Abuja. She is in Nigeria to attend the first ordinary session of the Echoers Parliament for the year. Shimadro spoke express in Laulua Konde, told State House correspondents after that two vice-presidents used the opportunity not only to exchange pleasantries but also to catch up. Jawahar Taylor, who was also the president of the Senate in Liberia, spoke at the opening session of the Echoers Parliament on Thursday. Nigeria and Liberia have a wide range of economic, political, cultural and social ties. Both countries had signed agreements for cooperation in education, culture, bilateral trade and training of Liberian foreign service officers.