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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are hosting Kenyan President President William Ruto and his wife, first lady Rachel Ruto, for an elaborate state dinner Thursday night.
It’s the first state visit a U.S. president has held for a president of an African nation since 2008, even as Mr. Biden has yet to fulfill his promise to visit Africa as president. Mr. Biden told reporters Wednesday that he plans to go in February, “after I’m reelected.”
The two leaders are holding a joint news conference Thursday, after their meetings and ahead of the state dinner.
“The world is safer when Kenya and the United States work together,” Mr. Biden said as Ruto arrived.
“Today, I am as optimistic and hopeful as I was those years ago, when Kenyan patriots raised that new flag high in that midnight sky,” Mr.
