Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed satisfaction with the current level of relationship between Nigeria and the United States.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a statement said, Buhari said this when he received a telephone call from the United States Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo on Thursday.

President Buhari who congratulated the new Secretary of State on his appointment, recalled his past meeting with Pompeo, then as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and thanked him for the enormous support the U.S. has extended to the Nigerian security and intelligence services.

He again used the occasion to thank President Donald Trump for the warm reception he was given in the course of his recent visit to the White House.

Pompeo assured President Buhari that with him in the Department of State, relations between both countries would get even better.

He reiterated the desire of the U.S to continue to pursue, side by side with Nigeria, matters of common interest on the African continent, including the fight against terrorism and corruption, trade and development.

President Buhari was last month Washington DC on a bilateral meeting with President Trump.

Both leaders discussed strategic partnership for peace and security, conflict resolution as well as the global fight against terrorism.

They also discussed trade, governance, human rights and humanitarian crises.