Abuja — President Barack Obama has
invited President Goodluck Jonathan
for a meeting in New York next month,
the United States’ Under Secretary for
Political Affairs, Ms Wendy
Sherman, has said. Speaking with State House
correspondents after meeting with
President Goodluck Jonathan, Ms
Sherman said Nigeria is a very
important country, not only in Africa
but in the world, which cannot be ignored.
Reacting to a question on whether the
failure of Barack Obama to visit
Nigeria during his last trip to Africa
was a snub on Nigeria, the American
official parried the question while
emphasising the importance of Nigerian/USA relations. “Our presidents will likely meet soon.
I will leave that announcement to the
President of the United States and the
President of Nigeria. “But Nigeria is a very important
country, not only here on the continent
but around the world.” Nigeria has served on the Security
Council of the UN and it is likely to
do so again in future. “ It is the head of the Committee on
Democracy and has been leader in so
many ways, like in ECOWAS as a
peace-keeper all around the world.
These are the partnerships that are
important to us.” Sherman who is leading a delegation
to the US-Nigeria Bi-National
Commission meeting described the
commission as an invaluable tool for
the two countries to work together for a
strong relationship between them. She added that the commission would
support Nigeria as it moves forward to
meet all the challenges before it. She identified the issues before the bi-
national commission to include security,
governance, education and agriculture. Sherman said during her meeting with
Jonathan, she delivered a letter from
Obama to President Jonathan who
accepted it adding that her country
looks forward to working with
Nigeria further on the basis of the letter.

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which talks?

This is indeed another opportunity to foster our int'l relations to the USA hopefully if Mr Retardeen is smart enough to make quick and smart decisions. All the best. God bless Nigeria