Joe Biden telephones Tinubu, minister gives details of leaders’ conversation

The President of the United States of America, Joe Biden on Tuesday called President Bola Tinubu on phone.

The minister of foreign affairs, Yusuf Tuggar said Biden called Tinubu at about 4 pm Nigerian time.

According to Tuggar, the call which lasted for about 30 minutes had both leader conversing on the recent release of the Head of Finance Crime compliance at Binance, Tigran Gambaryan by the Nigerian government.

Speaking to State House correspondents, Tuggar added that both leaders discuss about law enforcement and the roles of relevant agencies in Nigeria and the US.

The minister 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 cryptocurrency 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.

Tuggar also noted that both Tinubu and Biden discussed issues surrounding a permanent seat for Nigeria on the United Nations Security Council.

He said, “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.”