(Daily Trust-Nigeria) Romoke W. Ahmad - A last-minute decision by Nigeria to abstain from voting at the UN Security Council Tuesday helped defeat a resolution calling for a Palestinian state. A source at the Nigeria permanent office in New York said Nigeria, which has recognized the state of Palestine since 1984, still maintains the same foreign policy on the issue. "Nigeria has been calling for balance of opinion and policy between Palestine and Israel so that it will not be seen as being one sided on the issue, because Israel has been supporting Nigeria in the fight against terrorism and so Nigeria has to be careful on the side it takes," he said.
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