President Bola Tinubu received a 30-minute call from U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday at approximately 4 p.m. Nigerian time.
The conversation, confirmed by Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, focused on bilateral concerns, with particular emphasis on the recent release of Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s Head of Finance Crime Compliance.
Ambassador Tuggar, speaking to State House Correspondents, highlighted the importance of the discussion in strengthening cooperation between Nigeria and the United States, especially in areas of financial crime and international compliance. Both leaders underscored the need for collaborative efforts in combating global financial misconduct.
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.”
