PRESIDENT GRUNITZKY ARRIVES AT STATE HOUSE BY HELICOPTER MEETING WITH NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS PRESIDENT WITH MAJOR GENERAL IRONSI DEPARTURE.




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Background: PRESIDENT NICOLAS GRUNITZKY OF THE REPUBLIC OF TOGO, WHO WAS ON HIS WAY TO TANANARIVE, CAPITAL OF THE, MALAGASY REPUBLIC, FOR THE SUMMIT CONFERENCE OF THE AFRO-MALAGASY COMMON ORGANISATION (OCAM), BROKE HIS JOURNEY AT LAGOS ON THURSDAY (JUNE 15) FOR INFORMAL TALKS WITH THE DEAD OF NIGERIA'S MILITARY GOVERNMENT, MAJOR GENERAL JOHNSTON AGUIYI-IRONSI.

THE PRESIDENT WAS MET AT THE AIRPORT BY MAJOR GENERAL IRONSI AND OTHER NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND TAKEN BY HELICOPTER TO THE STATE HOUSE, IN LAGOS, FOR INFORMAL TALKS.

AFTER THE UNOFFICIAL TALKS, THE PRESIDENT LEFT FOR PARIS, WHERE HE WILL STAY FOR SIX DAYS, BEFORE CONTINUING HIS JOURNEY TO TANANARIVE.