U.S. top diplomat Blinken to visit Senegal, Nigeria, Kenya
By CGTN Africa
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal from November 15-20.
According to a statement by the U.S. State Department, Blinken will meet with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi to discuss topics including cooperation on ending the COVID-19 pandemic and regional security issues such as Ethiopia, Somalia, and Sudan, the department said in a statement.
Blinken will further travel to Abuja to meet with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss cooperation on global health security, expanding energy access and revitalizing democracy, it said.
In Dakar, Blinken will meet with Senegalese President Macky Sall “to reaffirm the close partnership between our two countries,” the statement said.
