US President Biden sends his top diplomat, Thomas-Greenfield to Kenya
Biden sends his top diplomat, United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield to Kenya to receive briefings on humanitarian programmes
Biden sends his top diplomat, United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield to Kenya to receive briefings on humanitarian programmes.
United States’ top diplomat to United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield is set to visit Kenya.
Reports indicated that Greenfield’s African visit will commence on Wednesday, January 25 as she tours Ghana and Mozambique before concluding her trip in Kenya on Saturday, January 28, and Sunday, January 29.
Ms. Thomas-Greenfield is expected to receive briefings from the UN country team on humanitarian programmes, including the regional drought response and assistance to refugees.
She will also meet with refugees pending resettlement in the United States and highlight President Joe Biden’s administration’s newly-launched Welcome Corps programme.
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Her trip comes even as US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen started an 11-day trip to Africa, visiting Senegal, Zambia, and South Africa, since last Wednesday to deepen economic ties on the continent where China is a key player.
Ms. Thomas-Greenfield, who is a former Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, will also meet with Kenya-based entrepreneurs at the forefront of the country’s transition to a green economy.
“The Ambassador’s visit will also focus on the impact Russia’s war against Ukraine continues to have on global food security, which has exacerbated the humanitarian crisis in the region,” a release from the United States Mission to the United Nations Office of Press and Public Diplomacy said.
The aim of the visit will be to strengthen US relations with Africa and also to counter China’s trade influence that has continued to grow in the past few years.
According to statistics from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the total trade value between the two countries was Ksh2.2 trillion from 2015 to 2019.
The ambassador’s visit will cement Biden’s stance at the US-Africa Leaders Summit in December 2022, whereby he advocated for increased trade talks between US and Africa.\
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