The United States has expressed its readiness to assist Nigeria
identify sponsors of terrorism in the country.
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This was disclosed on Monday by the US Ambassador to Nigeria,
Mary Leonard, during a meeting with journalists in Abuja.
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When the envoy was asked if the US was ready to help Nigeria
identify sponsors of terrorism in Nigeria, she said talks were
ongoing on the matter, The Punch reports.
Leonard said, “That is something we are very eager to partner
Nigeria on. I have had at least three conversations in the last two
months on this subject.
“I won’t like to go into details.”
She also allayed fear that the US partnership with Nigeria might
end up like that of Afghanistan.
According to her, Nigeria has had a strong bilateral
relationship with the US, saying that the situations are not the
same.
She added, “I hear people making the analogy with Afghanistan a
lot, it does not match up.
“When you listen to what President Biden said on how troops went
to Afghanistan in the first place, it was because they were in a
horrible tragedy, over 3,000 Americans were killed.
“That is a different construct. The sovereign nations who have
had strong bilateral relations. I don’t actually think the two
match up.”
The Commander, US Air Forces in Europe, General Jeffrey
Harrigian, said the purchase of Tucano fighter jets by Nigeria was
an opportunity to cement the US relationship with the West African
country and curb insecurity.
He said, “The A -29 Super Tucano gives us an opportunity to
reconnect our relationship with Nigeria.
“It is also an opportunity to bring together the capabilities on
the human side and what the A29 brings to the nation, practically
as it would contribute to bringing stability to not only Nigeria
but the region.”
The United States has expressed its readiness to assist Nigeria
identify sponsors of terrorism in the country.
This was disclosed on Monday by the US Ambassador to Nigeria,
Mary Leonard, during a meeting with journalists in Abuja.
When the envoy was asked if the US was ready to help Nigeria
identify sponsors of terrorism in Nigeria, she said talks were
ongoing on the matter, The Punch reports.
Leonard said, “That is something we are very eager to partner
Nigeria on. I have had at least three conversations in the last two
months on this subject.
“I won’t like to go into details.”
She also allayed fear that the US partnership with Nigeria might
end up like that of Afghanistan.
According to her, Nigeria has had a strong bilateral
relationship with the US, saying that the situations are not the
same.
She added, “I hear people making the analogy with Afghanistan a
lot, it does not match up.
“When you listen to what President Biden said on how troops went
to Afghanistan in the first place, it was because they were in a
horrible tragedy, over 3,000 Americans were killed.
“That is a different construct. The sovereign nations who have
had strong bilateral relations. I don’t actually think the two
match up.”
The Commander, US Air Forces in Europe, General Jeffrey
Harrigian, said the purchase of Tucano fighter jets by Nigeria was
an opportunity to cement the US relationship with the West African
country and curb insecurity.
He said, “The A -29 Super Tucano gives us an opportunity to
reconnect our relationship with Nigeria.
“It is also an opportunity to bring together the capabilities on
the human side and what the A29 brings to the nation, practically
as it would contribute to bringing stability to not only Nigeria
but the region.”