The US Secretary of State
Rex Tillerson on Sunday held talks with Foreign Affairs CS
Monica Juma and her
Tourism counterpart Najib Balala in Nairobi.
The talks were a follow up to the bilateral meeting held on Friday with President Uhuru Kenyatta.
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A statement from the Foreign Affairs office said the meeting
sought to elaborate modalities for managing and deepening relations between Kenya and the US on a
wide range of areas of cooperation.
Juma and Tillerson agreed to establish bi-annual consultations that would review the state of Kenya-US relations and discuss and sign agreements to guide trade and investment.
These include
the Big Four agenda, security strategic
partnership, joint framework for innovation and technology with focus on youth and entrepreneurship.
"Others are fostering
human capital development through greater inter-university collaboration and people-to-people exchanges for tourism, education and culture," the statement added.
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The two foreign secretaries also
discussed strategies to enhance regional security cooperation and support to AMISOM and the peace process in South Sudan.
Rex later toured the KWS laboratory before heading for a sunset game drive at the Nairobi National Park.
Later, Tillerson visited
the Kenya Wildlife Service Headquarters where he held talks with Tourism CS Najib Balala.
The details of the meeting remained scanty after the two officials declined to talk to the media.
Sources told the Star the meeting lasted for only 37 minutes.
High ranking officials from Kenya and the US including Ambassador Robert Godec
and renowned conservationist Dr Richard Leakey were present.
The diplomat is expected to leave the country on Monday but the US Embassy staff officials declined to give the time for security reasons.
Rex has been in the country for the last three-days after jetting in on Friday.
During talks with President Kenyatta at State House on Friday, the envoy
said the US is interested in widening its investment in Kenya as well as strengthening the bilateral and trade relations.