President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has returned to Abuja following his attendance at Aqaba Process Heads of State and Government-level Meeting held in Rome, Italy.
Gatekeepers News reports that Aqaba Process, a counter-terrorism initiative launched in 2015 by His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan, is co-chaired by Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Government of Italy.
This year’s summit in Rome focused on strengthening both regional and international cooperation to combat terrorism and violent extremism, with particular attention on challenges in West Africa.
The high-level meeting took place on Wednesday, October 15, at the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome and brought together several Heads of State and Government.
Attendees included King Abdullah II of Jordan, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and the Presidents of Nigeria, Chad, Paraguay, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
Other participants included Azouz Nasri, President of Algeria’s Upper House, alongside delegations from Côte d’Ivoire, Kazakhstan, Mauritania, Senegal, and Uzbekistan, as well as special envoys and security experts. The discussions were held behind closed doors.
During the summit, President Tinubu held bilateral meetings with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Massad Boulos, Senior Adviser on Arab and African Affairs to U.S. President Donald Trump.
He also met with the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, to discuss ways of promoting religious harmony in Nigeria. The talks addressed the spread of misinformation that portrays the country as intolerant of religious diversity.
