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Defense, investment top Nigerian president's visit to France

Xinhua, September 14, 2015 Adjust font size:

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja on Monday to begin a three-day official visit to France on the invitation of French President Francois Hollande.

A statement from the president's Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in Abuja said on Sunday that President Buhari would hold talks with President Hollande and other senior French government officials to strengthen and consolidate bilateral cooperation.

The statement maintained that the talks would mainly concentrate in the areas of defense, security, trade and investments.

The president will visit the headquarters of MEDEF, France's federation of investors and employers, where he will participate in a France-Nigeria Investment Forum with leading Nigerian and French entrepreneurs.

President Buhari will also meet with the chief executive officers of leading French multinational companies such as Total and Lafarge on their current and future investments in Nigeria.

The statement further said that the president's other scheduled engagements in Paris include a meeting with African ambassadors to France and an interactive session with members of the Nigerian community.

It said President Buhari would be accompanied on the visit by the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, and the permanent secretaries in the federal ministries of defense, finance, agriculture, foreign affairs, industry, trade and investment.

The president will conclude his visit to France on Wednesday and return to Abuja the same day. Endit