The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has said Nigeria remains non-aligned in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Tuggar said Nigeria remains neutral despite commiserating with Russia over a terrorist attack in Moscow last week.
The minister disclosed this when he hosted members of the diplomatic corps in Abuja on Thursday.
He said despite condoling with the Russian government over the attack that killed over 140 people, Nigeria will continue to condemn the invasion of Ukraine.
Tuggar said, “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.”
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