In furtherance of the ongoing efforts by his administration to enhance the security of lives, property and investments in Nigeria and neighbouring countries, President Muhammadu Buhari will host the second Regional Security Summit in Abuja on May 14, 2016.
A statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday
by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi
Adesina, said participants in the summit would include President
Francois Hollande of France who hosted the first Regional Security
Summit in Paris on May 17, 2014.
Adesina said Buhari and the French
president who is scheduled to arrive Abuja on Friday on an official
visit to Nigeria would be joined at the summit by the Presidents of
Cameroon, Niger Republic, Chad and Benin Republic.
He said: “The United States, Britain,
Equatorial Guinea, the European Union, ECOWAS, the Economic Community of
Central African States and the Gulf of Guinea Commission will also be
represented at the summit which will have the successful conclusion of
ongoing military operations against Boko Haram at the top of its
agenda.”
Adesina said speedy resolution of the
humanitarian crises caused by the barbaric atrocities of the terrorist
group would also feature prominently on the summit’s agenda.
The president’s aide said Buhari would
receive Hollande and the French delegation at the Presidential Villa on
Saturday morning before proceeding to the summit.
It is expected that new agreements on
further defence and cultural cooperation between Nigeria and France
would be concluded and signed after talks between the two presidents and
their officials.
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