GEJ heads for Paris talks with leaders of neighbouring countries on joint action against BH

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President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will travel to Paris, France,Friday
to participate in a summit convened by President Francois Hollande to
discuss fresh strategies for dealing with the security threat posed by
Boko Haram and other terrorist groups in West and Central Africa.

President Jonathan will be joined at the summit by Heads of State and
Government of Benin Republic, Cameroon, Niger and Chad.

It is also expected that Britain, the United States of America and the
European Union will be represented at the talks which will give
special attention to the coordination and intensification of efforts
to curtail the destabilizing activities of Boko Haram in Nigeria and
neighbouring countries in the wake of the recent abduction of college
girls from Chibok, Borno State.

President Jonathan, who will be accompanied by the Minister of
Defence, Lt-Gen. Aliyu Gusau (rtd.), the National Security Adviser,
Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd.) as well as other principal aides and
advisers, will return to Abuja at the conclusion of the summit on
Saturday.

Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
May 14, 2014