August 27, (THEWILL) – President Bola Tinubu is expected to meet with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping in Beijing by the first week of September, Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, said on Tuesday.
Although no date has been fixed for President Tinubu’s departure for Beijing, THEWILL reports that a Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit has been scheduled to hold between September 4 and 6, 2024.
President Tinubu will hold bilateral talks with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit.
According to Ngelale, President Tinubu will engage in a series of meetings with President Xi and 10 Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of different major corporations for the economic benefit of the country.
Ngelale said that President Tinubu would also engage in bilateral agreements and sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) as well as agreements to deepen corporations in various sectors, including the green economy, blue economic development, and national planning cooperation among others.
Ngelale, who hinted that issues on information technology, refining, oil and gas, and satellite technology would dominate talks, however, said other issues of national, regional and international security, including the completion of the Abuja to Ibadan segment of the Lagos-Kaduna standard railway, would also feature at the discussions.
