The President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, will travel to the United Kingdom on Wednesday morning to attend the International Conference on Somalia, scheduled to hold at Lancaster House, London, on Thursday.
The conference, to be attended by heads of governments or their representatives from 40 countries as well as international organisations, will address the issues of security, piracy, counter-terrorism, political processes, humanitarian challenges and the need for global coordination and handling of long-standing Somalia crises.
According to a statement by presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, Jonathan will, during the two-day visit to the United Kingdom, hold bilateral talks with the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, at 10, Downing Street, and return to Abuja on Friday morning.
Jonathan will be accompanied on the trip by the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan; the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru; and the National Security Adviser, General Andrew Azazi.