{"id":8389,"date":"2013-08-15T09:45:06","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T09:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/president-obama-invites-president-jonathan-to-parley-in-new-york\/"},"modified":"2013-08-15T09:45:06","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T09:45:06","slug":"president-obama-invites-president-jonathan-to-parley-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/president-obama-invites-president-jonathan-to-parley-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"President Obama invites President Jonathan to parley in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Citizens Platform<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

President\u00a0Barack Obama\u00a0has invited President Goodluck Jonathan for a parley in New York next month, the United States\u2019 Under Secretary for\u00a0Political Affairs, Ms Wendy Sherman, has disclosed.<\/p>\n

Sherman who revealed this while speaking with State House correspondents after meeting with President Jonathan, said Nigeria is a very important country, not only in Africa but in the world, which cannot be ignored.<\/p>\n

While meeting with Jonathan, she delivered a letter from Obama to President Jonathan who accepted it adding that\u00a0 her country looks forward to working with Nigeria further on the basis of the letter.<\/p>\n

She however parried the question of whether the failure of Barack Obama to visit Nigeria during\u00a0his\u00a0last\u00a0trip to Africa\u00a0was a snub on Nigeria, saying: \u201cOur 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

In her words: \u201cIt 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sherman\u00a0 who is leading a delegation to the US-Nigeria Bi-National Commission\u00a0meeting described the commission as an invaluable tool for the two countries to work together for a strong relationship between them.<\/p>\n

She stressed that the commission would support Nigeria as it moves forward to meet all the challenges before it, including security, governance, education and agriculture.<\/p>\n

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Source: Citizens Platform<\/p>\n

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