尼日利亞總統訪美會晤克里國務卿大綱

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hosts Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari at the State Department Tuesday, as the African leader continues a four day U.S. visit.

On Monday, the Nigerian leader met with President Barack Obama at the White House to discuss the threat posed by Boko Haram militants and other issues.

Mr. Obama praised the recent election in Nigeria marking the first democratic transfer of power since the end of military rule in 1999.

“We saw an election in which a peaceful transition to a new government took place," Obama said. "It was an affirmation to Nigeria’s commitment to democracy.”

He added he is very concerned by Boko Haram attacks and he believes President Buhari has a clear agenda about defeating the group and rooting out corruption that has held Nigeria's economic prosperity back.

Mr. Obama said he looks forward to discussing how the United States and Nigeria can cooperate on counterterrorism issues.

The four-day trip is Mr. Buhari's first to Washington since taking office in May in a rare peaceful transition of power in Nigeria.美國國務卿克里星期二在國務院接待尼日利亞總統布哈里。布哈里正在對美國進行爲期四天的訪問。

布哈里星期一在白宮會晤了奧巴馬總統，就博科聖地激進分子的威脅和其他問題交換意見。

奧巴馬總統讚揚尼日利亞最近的選舉是1999年軍人統治結束以來第一次政權民主過渡。他說：“我們看到通過選舉，權力和平過渡到新政府手中，這證明了尼日利亞致力於民主。”

奧巴馬總統對博科聖地的攻擊深感關切，但他相信布哈里總統對如何打敗這個組織以及剷除影響尼日利亞經濟繁榮的貪腐現象有一個明確的計劃。奧巴馬錶示，他期待着與布哈里討論美國和尼日利亞合作反恐等問題。

這次四天的美國之行是布哈里5月在尼日利亞罕見的權力和平過渡中就任以來首次訪問華盛頓。