Buhari Arrives In Madrid On A Three-Day Visit

President Muhammadu Buhari has gotten to Spain on a state visit at the invitation of the country’s President, Pedro Sanchez.

Pictures issued by the Presidency suggested that the President and his entourage arrived in Madrid, the Spanish capital city on Tuesday evening.

His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, had said in a statement that President Buhari would hold separate meetings with President Sanchez and the Head of State of the Spanish nation, King Felipe VI, during the visit.

During his engagements with both leaders, he will discuss issues of mutual interest to Nigeria and Spain which would result in the signing of Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding on a wide range of topics targeted towards further enhancing the bilateral relations between both nations.

Such areas, according to Adesina, include extradition and transfer of convicted persons, mutual legal assistance, cultural matters, cooperation towards fighting crime and enhancing security, as well as issues affecting dependants of diplomatic staff.

Similarly, on the agenda are cooperation on energy, trade and investment, transportation, public health, and sports development.

According to his spokesman, President Buhari will also be the Special Guest at an Investment Forum organised by the Spanish Chamber of Commerce, the Ministry of Trade, and the Confederation of Employers (CEOE) where he will speak to the gathering of top members of the Spanish business community and their Nigerian counterparts on the investment opportunities in Nigeria and ways of expanding the volume of trade, as well as further collaborating for the development of the economies of both countries.

The President will be back in the country on Friday.