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President Biden To Deliver Remarks At Closing Session Of Africa Summit

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US President Joe Biden is shortly due to deliver remarks at the closing session of the three-day US-Africa Leaders' Summit in Washington DC.

  • Livestream: https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/
  • Earlier today, Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken hosted a session on "Partnering on the African Union's Agenda 2063."
  • Biden used the session to advocate for the African Union taking a permanent place on the G20 saying, "Africa belongs to the table in every room where global challenges are being discussed, and in every institution where discussions are taking place. It's been a longtime coming, but it's gonna come."
  • Reuters: "Biden's remarks, and the summit, aim to position the United State as a partner to African countries amid competition with China, which has sought to expand its influence there by funding projects on the continent and elsewhere."

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