STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
SECURITY, WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, TRADE AND ECONOMIC RELATIONS TOP AGENDA OF PRESIDENT BUHARI'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON DC
President
Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Sunday to Washington DC on a
four-day official visit during which he will hold high-level talks with
President Barack Obama and other senior officials of the United States
government.
President
Buhari who will meet with President Obama at the White House on
Monday, July 20, will later hold 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 with Vice President Joe Biden and confer with
the US Attorney-General, Loretta Lynch, the US Secretary of Treasury,
Jack Lew, the US Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker and the US
Trade representative, Michael Froman on United States support for his
administration's war against corruption as well as fresh measures to
boost Nigeria-United States trade relations.
The
President, who will be received by the United States Secretary of State
at the State Department in Washington DC, will later hold meetings with
the United States Senate and Congressional Committees on Foreign
Relations, as well as the Black Caucus of the United States House of
Representatives.
Before
leaving Washington DC, President Buhari will address the United States
Chamber of Commerce and Corporate Council for Africa.
The
President, who will be accompanied by the Governors of Imo, Nasarawa,
Edo, Borno and Oyo States as well as the Governor of the Central Bank of
Nigeria and Permanent Secretaries of the Federal Ministries of
Defence, Foreign Affairs, Industry, Trade and Investment, will also host
an interactive session with Nigerians in the American Diaspora.
The US
trip will also afford President Buhari the opportunity of a reunion with
members of the American War College Class of 1980 in which he was a
distinguished participant.
He is due back in Abuja on Thursday, July 23.
Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
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