Joe Biden Invites Buhari and 48 Others to US-Africa Leaders Summit US Vice President Joe Biden and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari
President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, has invited Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and forty-eight other country leaders to a three-day US-Africa Leaders Summit.
The event, which is scheduled for December 13-15, 2022 in Washington DC, the US capital, will include African heads of state and the African Union’s Secretary-General.
On Thursday, a public press statement confirmed the summit (today). President Biden believes that the United States’ collaboration with African leaders, civil society, business, diaspora, women, and youth leaders will go a long way toward addressing the continent’s common challenges.
The goal of this historic summit will be to establish and strengthen critical political, economic, and strategic partnerships, as well as people-to-people dialogue, in Africa, based on mutual interests and shared priorities.
The summit also provides an opportunity for the United States and the American people to reaffirm their profound and enduring interest in engaging with Africa.
The statement read: “The summit’s agenda will be packed, including increasing sustainable food production, strengthening health systems, providing humanitarian assistance, responding to the climate crisis, reinforcing democracy and human rights, boosting U.S.-African trade, advancing peace and security, and even enhancing space research and cooperation.”
In her submission, US Ambassador to Nigeria Mary Leonard believes that the upcoming summit presents opportunities to deepen bilateral ties between the US and Nigeria on multiple levels.
She said: “We look forward not only to the Nigerian government’s robust participation in the summit but also to hearing the views of all stakeholders in Nigeria’s promising future, including independent voices from the private sector, civil society, young people, women, and all those who are working to build a strong and inclusive democracy.”
