United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken is set to visit Nigeria and three other African countries between the 21 and 26 of January 2024.
Gatekeepers News reports that the State Department in a statement, revealed that Blinken will make his first trip to the Sub-Saharan region in ten months next week.
He is planning to visit Lagos, Nigeria, holding talks with President Tinubu and other business and political leaders across the country. He will also touch down in Cape Verde, Angola and Ivory Coast.
The statement read, “The statement noted that Blinken will Blinken conversations about economic growth and “foster security partnerships grounded in shared values, including a commitment to human rights, the promotion of democracy, and the expansion of the rule of law.”
The visit will reiterate the United States’s commitment to coastal countries around West Africa and the importance of the strategic partnership to promote peace and stability in the ECOWAS region.
It stated, “He will reaffirm U.S. commitment to our coastal West African partners through the Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability, U.S. partnership with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to address regional challenges, and U.S. efforts to support African leadership in de-escalating tensions and adopting diplomatic solutions to the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
