Wednesday 23 September 2015

Buhari To Meet Putin, Obama, Other World Leaders At UN Summit

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday leave Abuja for New York where he will attend the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

The president will use the opportunity to hold a series of meetings with notable world leaders. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adeshina said in a statement he released on Tuesday that Buhari is scheduled to have meetings with UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban-Ki Moon, President Barack Obama of the United States of America, President Francois Hollande of France, Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, President Vladmir Putin of Russia, President Xi Jinping of China, and Prime Minister Narenda Modi of India.

The statement also said that the meetings will focus on domestic developmental issues, bilateral relations, the war against terrorism, countering violent extremism, the enhancement of global security, peace-keeping operations, climate change and the adoption of a post-2015 global development agenda.

Three governors, Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State and Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State will accompany Buhari on the trip.

Also scheduled to be on the entourage are the National Security Adviser and permanent secretaries in the Federal Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defence, Finance, Health, Industry, Trade and Investment.

According to the statement,
“President Buhari is also scheduled to address the World Leaders Summit on ‘Violent Extremism’ – to which he was personally invited by Mr. Ban-Ki Moon during the Secretary-General’s recent visit to Nigeria.

“Also on the President’s busy schedule in New York are a meeting of the African Union’s Peace and Security Council, a high-level roundtable on South-South Cooperation organised by President Xi Jin Ping of China and the United Nations, and participation in the launching of an updated global health strategy for women and children.”

President Buhari is also scheduled to meet with former President Bill Clinton of the United States, Bill Gates of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain, and the United Nations Special Envoy on Global Education.

Buhari is expected to conclude his visit to New York on September 29 and return to Abuja the same day.

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