U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesperson
January 20, 2012
United States to Engage with Nigeria on Regional Security
A U.S. delegation co-chaired by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs William Fitzgerald and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Joseph McMillan will meet with Nigerian government officials January 23-24 to discuss regional security cooperation.
The meeting marks the sixth working group meeting of the U.S.-Nigeria Binational Commission convened to advance shared objectives since its initiation in April 2010. The working group is expected to discuss areas of cooperation for addressing the professionalization of security responses to extremism, political responses to security threats, and the role of development in improving security.
On April 6, 2010 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Nigerian Secretary to the Government of the Federation Yayale Ahmed inaugurated the U.S.-Nigeria Bi-National Commission, a strategic dialogue designed to expand mutual cooperation across a broad range of shared interests.
The agreement was signed in the Treaty Room of the U.S. Department of State and witnessed by U.S. and Nigerian government officials. It represents the highest point in bilateral relations between the two countries in decades. The four main components of the agreement are: Good Governance, Transparency and Integrity; Energy and Investment; Food Security and Agriculture and Niger Delta and Regional Security Cooperation.
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