President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ahead of the 35th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Africa Union Heads of State and Government.

The president’s arrival in the Ethiopian capital was captured in pictorial reports released by one of the president’s photographers, Sunday Aghaeze, late Thursday evening.

The Nigerian leader was received at the Addis Ababa International Airport by the Ethiopian Minister of Education, Prof. Berhanu Nega, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama and Minister of Humanitarian and Disaster Management Sadiya Farouq.

Others at the airport included Nigerian Ambassador to Ethiopia, Victor Adeleke, Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Muhammed Abubakar.

According to an earlier statement by the president’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, Mr Buhari, while in Addis Ababa, would join other African leaders in finding solutions to political, economic and social challenges facing the continent.

Mr Buhari would, on the sideline of the AU meetings, hold bilateral meetings with some leaders with a shared interest in improving trade relations, partnering to tackle security challenges and maintaining relations with multilateral institutions for sustainable development.  

(NAN)