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<\/a><\/b>UNITED STATES<\/b> Government has concluded plans to further ensure that gradual development will come to Nigeria particularly in the area of peace, security and sustainable democracy. This is what led to the trip of a high-powered delegation from the United States (US) being led by Under Secretary Sherman chairing the U.S. Delegation to the U.S.-Nigeria Bi-national Commission Meeting holding August 15, 2013 in Abuja, Nigeria\u2019s Federal Capital Territory (FCT).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
US Embassy, Nigeria writes Naija Standard Newspaper Inc USA<\/b><\/p>\n
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In an electronic mail sent to Editors of Naija Standard<\/i><\/b>, it reads: \u201cThe Government of the United States announces that Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman will lead the U.S. delegation in the Regional Security Cooperation Working Group meeting of the United States-Nigeria Bi-national Commission (BNC) to be held in Abuja, Nigeria, on August 15.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0Commitment of USA<\/b><\/p>\n
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The Press Statement from American Embassy to Naija Standard reads: \u201cParticipation in the Commission meeting reflects the commitment of US to our critical bilateral relationship with Nigeria.\u00a0 The US supports the aspirations of the Nigerian people for a peaceful, prosperous, stable, and democratic future.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Purpose of BNC meetings<\/b><\/p>\n
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Naija Standard<\/i><\/b> can assure you that BNC meetings provide a venue for sharing ideas, perceptions, and best practices on matters of mutual concern, which are addressed in working<\/p>\n
groups with this meeting focusing on regional stability and civilian security. The August 15 meeting will further define challenges of mutual concern to both nations, and outline joint responses for future partnership.<\/p>\n
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The U.S. Government expresses in advance its gratitude to the Government of Nigeria for its friendship, cooperation, and hospitality on this occasion, and looks forward to productive talks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
US-NIGERIA BI-NATIONAL COMMISSION HOLDS AUGUST 15! \u00a0\u2018We Support Nigeria\u2019s Democracy\u2019–US Govt \u00a0*US Embassy, Nigeria: \u201cUnder Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman leads U.S. delegation in the Regional Security Cooperation Working Group meeting of the United States-Nigeria Bi-national Commission in Nigeria\u201d \u00a0BY TINUOLA OYELADE\/DIPLOMATIC REPORTER, ABUJA \u00a0UNITED STATES Government has concluded plans to further […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}