President Bola Tinubu on Sunday departed Abuja for Rome, the capital of Italy, to participate in the Aqaba Process heads of state and government-level meeting.
Disclosing this in a statement, presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said the Aqaba Process meeting is a counter-terrorism initiative launched by King Abdullah The Second of Jordan in 2015.
It is co–chaired by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Italian government which focuses on security crisis in West Africa.
Onanuga said the meeting, which will begin on October 14, will bring together heads of state and government, senior intelligence and military officials from African countries, and representatives of intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to discuss the evolving security challenges in West Africa.
According to the statement, participants at the meeting will exchange assessments of the current security landscape in West Africa and foster collaboration between regional and international partners to address cross-border security challenges.
