President of the United States has said he deeply respects Africans and would soon dispatch the country's top diplomat to the continent to strengthen bilateral relation between the US and Africa. The US President stated this last week in a letter to the African Union. The letter is said to have been informed by the reactions that greeted his purported description of Africa as 'shithole' countries.
The letter reads in part;
“I want to underscore that the United States deeply respects the people of Africa, and my commitment to strong and respectful relationships with African nations as sovereign nations is firm. Our soldiers are fighting side-by-side to defeat terrorists and we are working together to increase free, fair and reciprocal trade.”
Although Trump had since denied making such comment, African leaders have taken turn to lambast the US president.
He had tweeted;
“The language used by me… was tough, but this was not the language used.”
The US Secretary of States, Rex Tillerson is expected to have an extended visit to some countries in March.
