President Barack Obama is to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari this week on the sidelines of the G-7 summit in Germany.
The summit takes place at Schloss Elmau, a 100-year-old castle-turned-resort nestled in a national forest in the Bavarian Alps.
Obama is scheduled to spend today and tomorrow with Buhari and the....
leaders of Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom as well as leaders from Iraq and Tunisia.
Nigeria, Tunisia and Iraq are attending a portion of the meetings dedicated to outreach partners. That meeting will include a discussion about terrorism.
Buhari is departing Abuja today for the summit.
Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, said yesterday that the President’s invitation to the meeting “is a clear indication of the international community’s willingness to cooperate with the new government of Nigeria.”
Shehu said: “He is in a group of seven other Heads of State who were called in as guests. He will equally be holding key side meetings with some of the seven Heads of State who will be convened at the summit.
“The international community is obviously acknowledging Nigeria’s significant role in global affairs especially with the recent change in government.”
Obama and Buhari are expected to discuss the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast.
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