Shettima returns to Nigeria, meets US Secretary, Campbelll

Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Tuesday returned to Nigeria after representing President Bola Tinubu at the just concluded International Development Association (IDA21) Summit, held in Nairobi, Kenya. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice-President. Nkwocha said on arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Shettima met behind closed doors with the United States Deputy Secretary, Kurt Campbell, and his team. ' Among issues discussed at the meeting were security, bilateral relations, shared visions, technological cooperations, economic and mutual partnership. ' Both countries pledged to work more on deepening their bilateral relationships and their connectivity. ' Deputy Secretary Campbell has been in Nigeria where he was the co-chair of the sixth U.S.-Nigeria Binational Commission (BNC) with Foreign Minister, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar. Source: News Agency of Nigeria