adminObama is scheduled to host Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma, President Macky Sall of Senegal, President Joyce Banda of Malawi and Prime Minister Jose Maria Pereira Neves of Cape Verde at the White House on March 28.
“The United States has strong partnerships with these countries based on shared democratic values and shared interests,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said in a statement.
“The visit of these four leaders underscores the strategic importance the President places on building partnerships and substantive engagement with sub-Saharan Africa, and our commitment to working with strong and emerging African democracies,” Carney added.
The White House unveiled a new strategy toward sub-Saharan Africa in June last year, as Obama predicted Africa “to be the world’s next major economic success story.”
The strategy sets forth four US objectives in the region: to strengthen democratic institutions, spur economic growth, trade and investment, advance peace and security, and promote opportunity and development. — Xinhua.
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