Macron Hosts Tinubu to Private Dinner at Élysée Palace
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday night received Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a private dinner at the Élysée Palace in Paris, highlighting the longstanding diplomatic relationship between Nigeria and France.
The engagement brings the two leaders together as both countries continue to pursue stronger cooperation and deeper relations across areas of mutual interest.
The development was disclosed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a Facebook post accompanied by two photographs of the meeting.
Onanuga wrote: “French President Emmanuel Macron received President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a private dinner Thursday night at the Élysée Palace, reflecting the enduring relationship between Nigeria and France and their shared commitment to strengthening bilateral cooperation.”
The private dinner adds to the series of high-level engagements between Nigeria and France, with diplomatic relations between the two countries covering areas including trade, investment, security, education, culture and development cooperation.
The meeting also provides an opportunity for the two countries to sustain dialogue on issues of mutual interest and explore avenues for further strengthening the partnership between Africa’s most populous country and one of Europe’s major diplomatic and economic powers.
