President Tinubu holds key 30-minute call with Joe Biden on bilateral issues

In a significant diplomatic exchange, President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria engaged in a 30-minute phone call with U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday around 4 p.m. Nigerian time.

The call, confirmed by Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, centered on strengthening Nigeria-U.S. relations, with a notable focus on financial crime compliance.

During the conversation, the recent release of Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s Head of Financial Crime Compliance, was a major topic.

Both leaders highlighted the importance of this issue, underlining the need for effective collaboration in tackling global financial misconduct and enforcing international compliance standards.

Ambassador Tuggar, speaking to State House Correspondents, emphasized the strategic importance of the dialogue in advancing cooperative efforts between Nigeria and the United States.

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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.”

(Daily Trust)