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Nigeria: We will not recognise Kosovo

Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has assured Serbian President Boris Tadic that his country will not recognise Kosovo as an independent country

(KosovoCompromise Staff) Monday, July 20, 2009

Yar'Adua made the position of the country known at a bilateral talks between the Nigerian president and his Serbian counterpart at the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in Sharm El Sheikh.

Yar'Adua said the decision not to recognise Kosovo was informed by Nigeria's historical experience of the civil war of 1967 to 1970, fought to maintain its territorial integrity and sovereignty.


 

"Since the end of the civil war, Nigeria has continued to embark on nation-building policies and strategies to forge a heterogeneous, yet inclusive nation," he said.