The US President, Barrack
Obama and President Goodluck Jonathan are scheduled to meet in
Washington DC on the sideline of the United Nations (UN) General
Assembly holding in September.
This was disclosed to State
House correspondents by the US Under Secretary of State for Political
Affairs, Wendy Sherman after a closed door meeting with President
Jonathan at the Presidential Villa.
According to her, she came to deliver a letter from Obama to Jonathan.
Sherman, who is leading a
delegation to the US-Nigeria Bi-National Commission meeting starting in
Abuja today, said: “I have given him a letter from President Barrack
Obama and he was gracious enough to accept it and we look forward to
working further on the basis of the letter.”
“Our presidents will likely meet soon. I will leave that announcement
to the President of the United States and the President of Nigeria.
“The Bi-National Commission is really an invaluable tool for the two
countries to work together for a strong relationship between them and to
support Nigeria as it moves forward to meet all the challenges before
it.”
“The issues before the bi-national commission range from security to governance, education, and agriculture.”
“But Nigeria is a very
important country, not only here on the continent but around the world.
Nigeria has served on the Security Council of the UN and it is likely to
do so again in future. It is the head of the Committee on Democracy and
has been leader in so many ways, like in ECOWAS as a peace-keeper all
around the world. These are the partnerships that are important to us.”
“Secretary Kerry Had a meeting with President Jonathan in Addis at
the AU summit and so we look for every opportunity to strengthen our
relationship.” She added
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