Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila yesterday said the cord is the relationship existing between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates will be unaffected by the flight conflict.
The Speaker spoke after a three-hour meeting with the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, and his Foreign Affairs counterpart, Geoffrey Onyema.
Representatives of Emirates Airline, the Chairman/CEO of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, and heads of agencies in the aviation sector were also present at the meeting.
Gbajabiamila said both Nigeria and UAE had good diplomatic relations, so they should not allow the row to mar the long-standing friendship.
He added that steps are being taken to address the issues and that “in the next couple of days, this matter will be sealed. I believe. We’re engaged in parliamentary diplomacy. That’s what we’re doing.
“We’re not going to allow this to mar the giant strides made between the two countries.”
The Speaker acknowledged that the UAE Government had already written Air Peace to allow the airline to operate seven slots of flights and commended the two ministers for their efforts in resolving the issues.
