Abuja - Measures to strengthen and intensify bilateral and
international cooperation against terrorism in Nigeria and West-Africa
will top the agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari's meetings with United
States President Barack Obama and other officials.
The Presidency
has disclosed the agenda ahead of Buhari departing Abuja on Sunday to
Washington DC on a four-day official visit.
Special Adviser to
the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said the President
will hold high-level talks with President Barack Obama and other senior
officials of the United States government.
Adesina added that
Buhari would meet Obama at the White House on Monday before further
discussions with the Chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of
Staff, General Martin Dempsey, and the Deputy Secretary of Defence,
Robert Work, on military and defence cooperation.
The
President will also meet Vice President, Joe Biden, and confer with the
US Attorney-General, Loretta Lynch, Secretary of Treasury, Jack Lew,
Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker, and the US Trade representative,
Michael Froman, on US support against corruption as well as fresh
measures to boost Nigeria-US trade relations.
Buhari is also
expected to meet US Senate and Congressional Committees on Foreign
Relations, as well as the Black Caucus of the US House of
Representatives.
He will address the United States Chamber of
Commerce and Corporate Council for Africa before returning Abuja on
Thursday next week.
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