On 5 June, the Chaplain-President, acting in his capacity as Bishop Robert's adviser for EU affairs, participated in a meeting at the European Commission with Baron Frans van Daele, the EU's special envoy for Freedom of Religion and Belief, on his forthcoming visit to Nigeria. A full and interesting exchange of views occurred about the current situation in Nigeria with respect to tensions between common law and Sharia law, the persecution of Christians and terrorist violence, and concerning possible ways in which the EU could be of real and non-interfering assistance to Nigeria.