Abuja: Vice-President Kashim Shettima has departed Johannesburg for Luanda to represent President Bola Tinubu at the AU-EU Summit scheduled to take place in Angola.
Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
Shettima attended the 20th G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Nkwocha said Shettima, who departed South Africa, would join other Heads of State and Government from the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) for the 7th meeting of the two bodies.
According to him, the meeting is scheduled for Monday to Wednesday in the Angolan capital, Luanda.
The Presidential aide said that the AU-EU meeting would bring together young leaders, innovators, and Civil Society Organisations to brainstorm on shared challenges facing the two unions.
He added that the summit would also provide recommendations on addressing climate change, inclusivity in development, infrastructure, the digital economy, the creative industry, manufacturing, and agribusiness.
He said that Vice-President Shettima would return to Nigeria at the end of the AU-EU summit.
