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Presidents Bush & Yar'Adua at the White House
Related to country: Nigeria

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In Focus: Global Diplomacy

10:50 A.M. EST

PRESIDENT BUSH: Mr. President, it's been my honor to welcome you
here to the White House. We just had a very extensive and fruitful
discussion on a variety of issues, and that's what you would expect
when friends meet together.

The President is committed to democracy and rule of law. He was very
articulate in his desire to make sure that the people of Nigeria
understand that their government will be fair and transparent, and
will be a government of the people. Mr. President, I am impressed by
your commitment to reform, your adherence to the concept of rule of
law, and your belief in transparency. And I congratulate you for
being a strong leader.

We also talked about social justice issues, the issue of education.
The President is committed to seeing to it that compulsory education
is followed through on in his country throughout the country, and I
admire that. And we want to help you. The United States has got a
program that is dedicated to making sure every child gets a good
education. It's in our national interests that that be the case.

It's also in our national interests, Mr. President, to help you if
you so desire on issues like HIV/AIDS and malaria. The President is
strongly committed to helping the Nigerian families affected by
these diseases get treatment and help. He understands that there
needs to be a comprehensive program of prevention, distribution of
antiretrovirals, and then a capacity to help the orphans who have
been left behind as a result of this terrible disease. And we're
committed, through what we call PEPFAR, Mr. President. I'm going to
the United States Congress and ask them to double our commitment,
because we believe it's in our interests to help you if you so
desire. It's in our interests from a security perspective; it's in
our interests from a moral perspective.

So we've had a good visit. I'm proud you're here, and I welcome you
and thank you for your time and for your heart.

PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA: Thank you very much, Mr. President. I feel
highly honored and privileged to be here and have the opportunity to
share these few moments with you. This is a moment that I'll never
forget in my life.

I have briefed Mr. President on the situation in Nigeria, our
efforts to anchor democracy on the rule of law; to help a credible
electoral process; and to ensure that the principles of justice,
equity will guide the conduct of affairs in Nigeria -- transparency,
accountability and the fight against corruption. And Mr. President
has expressed the support of himself and the government of the
United States as the people of the United States assist Nigeria to
ensure that we continue to uphold -- (inaudible) -- democracy, the <=AND UPHOLD
rule of law, zero tolerance for corruption, and the development of a
free market economy through economic reforms that we have been
effecting for the last eight years.

Now this will set the principles upon which we'll build and develop
a free society capable of growing an economy that will cater for the
development and needs of the people of Nigeria. And in this great
effort we are making we find great friendship and assistance from
the government and people of the United States. And we are very
grateful for this _expression of support, confidence and trust.

We have discussed a wide range of issues beside democracy and the
rule of law and the economic reforms. We have discussed about the
problems of HIV/AIDS, the problem of malaria, challenges in
education. And the United States government will help us to meet
these challenges as we go along. And I think this is an excellent
humanitarian gesture for which I, personally, and the people and
government of Nigeria are extremely grateful.

We have discussed security issues and the security within Nigeria,
itself, within the Niger Delta region and within the Gulf of Guinea.
And we have also discussed security issues -- peace and security on
the African continent. And we shall partner with (inaudible) to <======== AFRICOM
assist not only Nigeria, but also the African continent to actualize
its peace and security (inaudible) initiative, which is an <============ ??
initiative to help standby forces of brigade-size in each of the
regional economic groupings within the African continent.

I think what we have discussed has given me hope, and myself, the
government and people of Nigeria are inspired by the United States
of America's achievement and the principles which guide it. And this
is a posit we are trading, and the friendship and understanding of
the United States will propel Nigeria with this inspiration to make
the transformations that we need to do into a modern nation from an
underdeveloped nation, capable of meeting the development and needs
of its people.

I thank you very much, Mr. President, this is a rare opportunity.

PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you, sir.

END 11:05 A.M. EST

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