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Since independence, with Jaja Wachuku as the first Minister for Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations, later called External Affairs, Nigerian foreign policy has been characterised by a focus on Africa as a regional power and by attachment to several fundamental principles: African unity and independence; capability to exercise hegemonic influence in the region: peaceful settlement of ...
Although Nigeria entered its independence with a broadly, though informally, pro-Western and anti-Soviet orientation, its early relations with the United States were significantly strained by the U.S. government's official neutral stance during the Nigerian–Biafran War and its refusal to send weapons to the Nigerian military government led by ...
Category: Foreign relations of Nigeria. 30 languages. ... Nigerian refugees; Nigerian refugees in Niger; U. United Nations Security Council Resolution 160; V.
Nigeria–Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic relations (1 C, 1 P) Nigeria–São Tomé and Príncipe relations (2 C, 1 P) Nigeria–Saudi Arabia relations (4 C, 1 P)
During the Nigerian Civil War, President of Niger Hamani Diori was an active mediator in the conflict. Each side has also strongly appealed to its former colonial powers for support in defense and, unlike Nigerian- Cameroonian or Nigerien-Beninois relations, there have been no serious border conflicts.
Nigeria and the People's Republic of China established formal diplomatic relations on February 10, 1971. [4] [5] [6] Relations between the two nations grew closer as a result of the international isolation and Western condemnation of Nigeria's military dictatorships (1970s-1998). Nigeria has since become an important source of oil and petroleum ...
Nigeria did not become independent from the United Kingdom until 1960, while the United Nations had already been established by the Declaration by United Nations in 1942. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande is the permanent representative of Nigeria. [1] In 2013, Nigeria contributed the fifth largest number of peacekeepers to United Nations peacekeeping ...
This is a list of diplomatic missions of Nigeria. Nigeria , the most populous African country and which has a large network of diplomatic missions. The country has significant influence in Africa and in various multilateral fora, including the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation , OPEC , the Commonwealth , and the African Union .