President Muhammadu will on Saturday, May 14, 2016, host the second Regional Security Summit in Abuja to discuss security in the African sub-region.
A statement by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, said this was in furtherance of ongoing efforts by his administration to enhance the security of lives, properties, and investments in Nigeria and neighbouring countries.
Participants in the summit will include President Francois Hollande of France, who hosted the first Regional Security Summit in Paris on May 17, 2014.
President Buhari and the French President, who is scheduled to arrive Abuja on Friday on an official visit to Nigeria, would be joined at the summit by the presidents of Cameroon, Niger Republic, Chad and Benin Republic.
The US, Britain, Equatorial Guinea, the EU, ECOWAS, the Economic Community of the Central African States and the Gulf of Guinea Commission will also be represented at the summit, which will have the successful conclusion of ongoing military operations against Boko Haram at the top of its agenda.
The summit will focus on the speedy resolution of the humanitarian crises caused by the barbaric atrocities of the Boko Haram terrorist group.
Before proceeding to the summit, President Buhari will receive President Hollande and the French delegation at the Presidential Villa on Saturday morning.
It is expected that new agreements on further defence and cultural cooperation between Nigeria and France will be concluded and signed after talks between the two presidents and their officials.
