Tinubu returns to Abuja after Aqaba Process meeting

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja

The Presidency has said that President Bola Tinubu is to instrumentality to Abuja contiguous aft participating successful the Aqaba Process Heads of State and Government-level Meeting successful Rome, Italy.

This was contained successful a connection connected Saturday by the statesmanlike spokesman, Bayo Onanuga.

The Aqaba Process is simply a counter-terrorism inaugural launched by His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan successful 2015. It is co-chaired by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Government of Italy.

The Rome variation focused connected strengthening determination and planetary collaboration successful the combat against coercion and convulsive extremism, with peculiar attraction to West Africa.

The high-level gathering was held connected Wednesday, October 15, astatine the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art successful Rome. Many heads of State and Government attended, including King Abdullah II of Jordan, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and the Presidents of Nigeria, Chad, Paraguay, Sierra Leone, and Togo.

Azouz Nasri, President of Algeria’s Upper House, delegations from Côte d’Ivoire, Kazakhstan, Mauritania, Senegal, and Uzbekistan, peculiar envoys, and information experts were besides successful attendance.

The gathering was held down closed doors.

On the sidelines of the event, President Tinubu held bilateral meetings with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and U.S. President Donald Trump’s Senior Adviser connected Arab and African Affairs, Massad Boulos.

President Tinubu besides met with the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, to sermon spiritual harmony successful Nigeria. The gathering addressed the wide disinformation campaigns that falsely represent the state arsenic intolerant of spiritual diversity.

Since its constitution successful 2015, the Aqaba Process has convened 33 meetings astatine assorted levels, from Heads of State summits to method adept sessions. It is built connected 3 halfway pillars: prevention, coordination, and closing operational gaps successful counterterrorism efforts.

The station Tinubu returns to Abuja aft Aqaba Process meeting appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.