President Joe Biden of the United States held a phone conversation with Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Tuesday, according to Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar.
Ambassador Tuggar briefed State House correspondents, revealing that the call, which took place around 4 pm Nigerian time, lasted approximately 30 minutes.
The discussions primarily focused on the recent release of Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s Head of Financial Crime Compliance.
During the conversation, President Tinubu expressed appreciation for the cooperation and ongoing security partnerships between the United States and Africa, particularly West Africa.
Tuggar said, “The call was about the collaboration between the two countries with regards to law enforcement and law enforcement agencies as well as the release of one of the suspects of the crypto currency exchange company that you are all aware of.
“Mr President also thanked the US for the partnership and collaboration in numerous areas with regards to security in Africa and West Africa as as whole. President Biden assured President Tinubu that this is a partnership because the future of the world reside in Africa and as such, the partnership is important.
“The leaders also discussed the issue of permanent seat in the United Nations security Council and Biden assured the the united States is committed to seeing Africa having a permanent seat and does not see why one of those seats should belong to Nigeria.”
