 Saudi Arabia says it is committed to strengthening ties with Nigeria ahead of the Saudi-Africa summit to be held in November 2023. The country's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir said his country looks forward to hosting President Bola Mertin at the summit. The Saudi Special Envoy to Nigeria told the State House correspondents after meeting with the Nigerian leader that discussions on bilateral relations were held at the Nigerian-Saudi Arabia are cooperating closely to deal with several challenges such as climate change, issues around sustainable development goals and combating extremism and terrorism. Nigeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusuf Tugas said Nigeria seeks to strengthen ties with Saudi Arabia in the area of hydrocarbon and areas of energy transition. Adel Al-Jubeir, I had the great honor and the pleasure of visiting with the President of Nigeria to convey to him the greetings of his Majesty, the custodian of the Tuval-e-Mas King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud and his Royal Highness Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz. We discussed bilateral relations. Our two countries have enjoyed historic and very positive ties. We cooperate in virtually all areas. We have very strong people-to-people ties. We are members of OPEC and OPEC, and we are also members of the United States Islamic countries. We have very strong tribal and familial ties. And we believe that we are very cooperating very closely to deal with the challenges facing our world, whether it's climate change. That would be the Minister of State, Sheikh Adel Al-Jubeir, who visited today as a special envoy of his Royal Highness, the King and the Crown Prince to discuss matters of bilateral relations between Saudi Arabia and Nigeria. And as you know, we've had very, very good and close relations with Saudi Arabia going back decades. So this further strengthens the relationship. The several areas that were discussed were both hydrocarbon producers, were both responsible hydrocarbon producers. We're looking at the future. We're looking at energy transition. And the minister actually also pointed out that there was-