In fact, he had been in Rome at the beginning of October, where he gave a keynote speech at the Italian Senate, to representatives from the G20 countries.
He stayed at the same Paris hotel as US Vice-President Kamala Harris, with whom he attended a reception at the Élysée Palace on the evening of 20 November. At the French president’s invitation, he prepared his speech for the Paris Peace Forum, which took place the following day.
In between two meetings – and signing an agreement with Rémy Rioux, his counterpart at the French Development Agency (AFD) – Nigeria’s former agriculture minister (2011-2015) told us about his concerns regarding the institution that he leads and his vision for addressing Africa’s current hot topics.
After spending 10 days in Glasgow, attending many meetings during the COP and bilateral meetings with African leaders, do you feel that this edition has fulfilled
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