{"id":379666,"date":"2011-04-13T16:49:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T16:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/13\/summary-of-bidens-meeting-with-kenyan-prime-minister-odinga\/"},"modified":"2011-04-13T16:49:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T16:49:00","slug":"summary-of-bidens-meeting-with-kenyan-prime-minister-odinga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/13\/summary-of-bidens-meeting-with-kenyan-prime-minister-odinga\/","title":{"rendered":"Summary of Biden&#8217;s Meeting With Kenyan Prime Minister Odinga"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"40.394695787832\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/, http:\/\/iipdigital.usembassy.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">United States Department of State<\/a> (Washington,\u00a0DC)\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>12 April 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>document<\/p>\n<p><em>The White House<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Office of the Vice President<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>April 12, 2011<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Readout of Vice President Biden&#8217;s Meeting with Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, the Vice President met with Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga at the White House to continue discussions begun during the Vice President&#8217;s June 2010 trip to Nairobi. The Vice President lauded historic steps taken by the Kenyan people to bring change to their country in the wake of the 2007-2008 post-election violence, most notably the passage of a new constitution. The Vice President underscored the urgent need to move forward with Kenya&#8217;s constitutional change by implementing key democratic reforms to improve accountability, transparency and rule of law, and reiterated that the United States is Kenya&#8217;s partner in this effort.<\/p>\n<p>The Vice President and the Prime Minister discussed the important link between these reforms and future economic opportunities to ensure peace and prosperity for all Kenyans, as well as ongoing efforts to promote sustainable development and regional trade and investment. In light of Kenya&#8217;s critical role in advancing regional stability, the two leaders consulted on our ongoing cooperation to address security and humanitarian challenges in Somalia. They also discussed the need to reinvigorate efforts on Sudan, particularly on Abyei and Darfur, to secure a lasting peace.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201104130783.html\" title=\"Summary of Biden's Meeting With Kenyan Prime Minister Odinga\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Summary of Biden&#8217;s Meeting With Kenyan Prime Minister Odinga<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> United States Department of State (Washington,\u00a0DC) 12 April 2011 document The White House Office of the Vice President April 12, 2011 Readout of Vice President Biden&#8217;s Meeting with Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga Earlier today, the Vice President met with Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga at the White House to continue discussions begun during the Vice President&#8217;s June 2010 trip to Nairobi. The Vice President lauded historic steps taken by the Kenyan people to bring change to their country in the wake of the 2007-2008 post-election violence, most notably the passage of a new constitution<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-379666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Summary of Biden&#039;s Meeting With Kenyan Prime Minister Odinga - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/13\/summary-of-bidens-meeting-with-kenyan-prime-minister-odinga\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Summary of Biden&#039;s Meeting With Kenyan Prime Minister Odinga - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"United States Department of State (Washington,\u00a0DC) 12 April 2011 document The White House Office of the Vice President April 12, 2011 Readout of Vice President Biden&#039;s Meeting with Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga Earlier today, the Vice President met with Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga at the White House to continue discussions begun during the Vice President&#039;s June 2010 trip to Nairobi. 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