Obama, Jonathan to meet in Washington

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