2025 UN International Day Of Cooperatives: Belgium Embassy In Nigeria Endorses CODEC-Cooperative Diplomacy and Economic Citizenship Initiative
In a landmark diplomatic development for global cooperative enterprise diplomacy, His Excellency, Ambassador Pieter Leenknegt, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to Nigeria, has graciously endorsed the establishment of the Cooperative Diplomacy and Economic Citizenship Initiative (CODEC) and welcomed CODEC’s strategic intent to establish its international diplomatic secretariat in Brussels, home to the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) and the global cooperative movement. In a statement Issued by: Dr. Lugard Okonobo, CODEC, Special Envoy – Diplomatic Relations, it stated that, "CODEC’s Cooperative Diplomat and Principal Envoy Dr. Peter Ayim, expressed appreciation for Ambassador Leenknegt’s visionary leadership and commitment to cooperative diplomacy, affirming that the endorsement of CODEC as a global cooperative diplomacy and economic citizenship platform would accelerate CODEC’s global partnerships and cooperative enterprise diplomacy and citizenship economi...