 The commanding officer in Turkish, Captain Ibrahim Samor has commanded the Nigerian Navy for its role in reducing piracy in the Gulf of Guinea region. The commander made this commendation when the Indian naval warship, Taksish, paid a curtsy visit to Lagos to strengthen its bilateral relations with its Nigerian counterpart. At the curtsy visit to the flag officer commanding, Western naval command, Red Admiral Yakubu Wombay at the command headquarters office in Apapalegos. He said the visit strengthened bilateral ties between the two nations as they continued to fight piracy in both Nigerian waters and the GOG. We are visiting to strengthen that partnership. During the course of our visit, we are hoping that there will be some training activities that will happen here. And also, you know, you're probably aware that the Gulf of Guinea has been seen, you know, some piracy activities in the recent past. And we are planning, you know, some kind of joint patrols with the Nigerian Navy. And hopefully that will result in the menace of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea to come down. And, you know, the training cooperation also is an important facet between India and Nigeria. Many Nigerian personnel train in India. And, you know, by this visit, you know, we will strengthen the training as we do exercises at sea with the Nigerian ships. And we get an opportunity to, you know, practically exercise with the Nigerian Navy. One of our partners in the fight against piracy, and you are all aware that Nigeria has been delisted by the IMB and the chief of naval staff, Vice Admiral Awal Zweru Gambo, is working very hard to ensure we maintain our waters free of piracy and other criminal activities.