Libya: Nigeria Reaffirms Support for Libyan Transitional Council

20 September 2011

United Nations — Nigeria has reaffirmed its support for Libya's Transitional Council, in spite of being absent at a UN General Assembly that allowed the former rebels to represent the people of Libya at the world body.

A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the attention of the Minister, Amb. Olugbenga Ashiru, had been drawn to the "inadvertent absence of Nigeria" at last Friday's UN voting session.

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