Yusuf Tuggar, Nigeria’s minister of foreign affairs, on Monday met Richard Mills, United States ambassador to Nigeria, to discuss areas of bilateral cooperation.
The US embassy shared a photo of the meeting in an X post, without providing details of their discussion, but noted that the American government looks forward to continuing to work with Nigeria on issues of mutual concern.
The meeting comes two days after Riley Moore, congressman, said Nigeria and the US were close to reaching an agreement on a “strategic security framework” aimed at tackling terrorism in the West African country.
Moore recently visited Nigeria alongside other congressmen on a “fact-finding mission” to examine allegations of a Christian genocide in the country.
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During the trip, the lawmakers visited some communities in Benue and met with Nuhu Ribadu, the national security adviser (NSA), in his office in Abuja, the country’s capital.
Moore said the conversations were “positive”.
“We did have positive conversations with the Nigerian government, and I believe we are close to a strategic security framework to address both the ISIS and Boko Haram threats in the north-east, as well as the genocide against Christians by the radical Fulani Muslims in the Middle Belt,” he said.
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The lawmaker is set to submit a report to US President Donald Trump to outline ways forward.
