欧盟承诺向尼日利亚武装部队提供2000万欧元（2300万美元）的国防援助，以加强安全合作，支持该国应对持续存在的不安全局势。
The European Union has pledged €20 million ($23 million) in defense assistance to Nigeria’s armed forces to strengthen security cooperation and support efforts to tackle persistent insecurity across the country.
尼日利亚国防部长克里斯托弗·穆萨与欧盟驻尼日利亚及西非国家经济共同体大使戈蒂埃·米尼奥在阿布贾举行会谈，讨论了拟议中的援助事宜。这是根据该部长的媒体助理利亚·卡通-巴巴图恩德发表的一份声明。
The proposed assistance was discussed during a meeting in Abuja between Nigerian Defense Minister Christopher Musa and Gautier Mignot, the EU ambassador to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States, according to a statement by Leah Katung-Babatunde, the minister’s media aid.
声明称，该援助将在欧盟欧洲和平机制框架下提供，欧盟技术代表团预计将于11月访问尼日利亚，就援助交付安排达成一致。
The support will be provided under the EU’s European Peace Facility, with an EU technical delegation expected to visit Nigeria in November to agree on the arrangements for its delivery, the statement said.
米尼奥赞扬了尼日利亚政府应对安全挑战的努力，并邀请穆萨于今年晚些时候出席在布鲁塞尔举行的国防部长会议。
Mignot commended the Nigerian government’s efforts to address security challenges and invited Musa to a meeting of defense ministers in Brussels later this year.
穆萨感谢欧盟的持续支持，并重申博拉·蒂努布总统保护人民生命、促进国家发展的承诺。
Musa thanked the EU for its continued support and reaffirmed President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to protecting lives and promoting national development.
他说，安全行动正在逐步恢复一些动荡地区的相对和平，但主要高速公路上的绑架事件以及对孤立社区的袭击仍然是严重挑战。
He said security operations were gradually restoring relative peace in some troubled areas, although kidnappings along major highways and attacks on isolated communities remained serious challenges.
穆萨还表示，尼日利亚正期待接收10架攻击直升机、无人机及其他军事装备，以加强正在进行的安全行动。
The minister also said Nigeria was expecting 10 attack helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles and other military equipment to strengthen ongoing security operations.
在地区安全问题上，穆萨指出，支持着5000多万人口的乍得湖流域正在萎缩，是潜在不稳定的根源。
On regional security, Musa identified the shrinking Lake Chad Basin, which supports more than 50 million people, as a source of potential instability.
他说，防止恐怖分子将乍得湖中的岛屿用作作战基地，仍然是多国联合特遣部队的首要任务之一。该特遣部队协调各国反击叛乱的努力。
He said preventing terrorists from using islands in Lake Chad as operational bases remained a key priority for the Multinational Joint Task Force, which coordinates regional efforts against insurgency.
穆萨还强调，尼日利亚的解除武装、复员和重返社会计划应优先考虑冲突受害者，包括受叛乱影响的军事人员。
Musa also stressed that Nigeria’s disarmament, demobilization and reintegration program should prioritize victims of conflict, including military personnel affected by the insurgency.
尼日利亚一直在与东北部长期进行的叛乱作斗争，同时还面临着该国其他地区的土匪活动、绑架及其他形式的暴力。
Nigeria has battled a long-running insurgency in the northeast, alongside banditry, kidnappings and other forms of violence in different parts of the country.