US President, Joe Biden beseech Tinubu to release Binance executive, Gambaryan

Joe Biden, the president of the United States of America has called upon Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president, to discuss issues ranging from law enforcement collaboration to a potential United Nations (UN) Security Council seat for Africa.

This was said to have happened on Tuesday, October 29. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, said the call took place at around 4pm Nigerian time and lasted approximately 30 minutes.

According to Tuggar, who told reporters at the State House about the meeting between the two leaders, the two leaders talked about the recent release of Tigran Gambaryan, who is the Head of Financial Crime Compliance at the bitcoin trading company Binance.

”The call was about the collaboration between the two countries with regards to law enforcement and law enforcement agencies as well as the release of one of the suspects of the cryptocurrency exchange company that you are all aware of.” Tuggar said

He added that President Tinubu expressed gratitude for the US partnership on security matters, particularly in Africa.

“Mr President also thanked the US for the partnership and collaboration in numerous areas with regards to security in Africa and West Africa as a whole. President Biden assured President Tinubu that it was a partnership because the future of the world resides in Africa, and as such, the partnership is important”  Tuggar said.

The two leaders also talked about Africa’s place on the UN Security Council. Biden reaffirmed the US’s support for a permanent African seat. The US leader “does not see why one of those seats should belong to Nigeria,” Tuggar said, repeating what Biden previously said.