United States of America’s President Barack Obama has planned to hold a leadership summit with African leaders, including President Goodluck Jonathan.
The meeting is expected to strengthen ties between the United States and Africa. According to Obama, on Thursday, Nigeria and other countries on the continent are important to American people and that they deserve to be respected.
The American President will, in August, host leaders from across Africa on a three-day US-Africa Leaders Summit, the first of its kind. The summit, the largest event any US president has held with African heads of state and government, will build on Obama’s trip to the continent in 2013.
According to the US Department of State Bureau of African Affairs on US-Africa foreign policy, the American government is particularly interested in helping Nigeria to tackle the Boko Haram insurgents and to rescue the more than 200 abducted schoolgirls.
Ahead of the summit, the DOS Assistant Secretary, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said the summit would focus on peace, security and violent extremism in Nigeria and other West African countries.
The August 4-6 summit will highlight America’s commitment to Africa’s security, its democratic development, and its people.
The theme of the summit is, ‘Investing in the Next Generation.’
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