Nigerian Govt states position on Russia, Ukraine conflict
Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf Tuggar has stated that Nigeria maintains a non-aligned stance in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Tuggar stated that Nigeria maintains its neutral stance in light of the terrorist attack that occurred in Moscow last week despite expressing condolences to Russia.
On Thursday, while hosting members of the diplomatic corps in Abuja, the minister disclosed this information.
He stated that Nigeria will continue to condemn the invasion of Ukraine despite condolences to the Russian government for the attack that killed over 140 people.
Tuggar declared, “Nigeria has been consistent in terms of even when we had a bipolar world, we were non-aligned, we were neither with the US nor the Soviet bloc at the time.
“We dealt with both sides. We are equal opportunity aligners, we are aligned with the interests of Nigeria and we will continue to do so.
“This is why we continue to emphasize today on strategic autonomy and that’s the new name for non-alignment since we no longer have those two blocs, you no longer have a bipolar world.
“With the structure that you have now, it is a multipolar world. We align with whatever polarity benefits Nigeria.
“The tradition of condoling with countries when they have such unfortunate incidents continues. It’s not new. And Russia is not an enemy.”
