NEW YORK, September 27, 2011 (WAFA) – Nigeria will vote in favor of the Palestinian application for full United Nations membership of a Palestinian state at the Security Council, Tuesday said Foreign Minister, Riyad al-Malki, after meeting with Nigerian Foreign Minister Olugbenga Ashiru.

Ashiru stressed Nigeria’s support for the Palestinian position and application for establishing an independent Palestinian state based on 1967 borders, as well as the importance of a simple solution to the Middle East problem whereby the two states, Palestine and Israel, live peacefully side by side.

Al-Malki informed Ashiru of the Palestinian diplomatic moves with the world’s countries, along with the situation in the Palestinian Territory in light of the Jewish settlers’ attacks, under Israeli army protection, against the Palestinians.

Nigeria recognized a Palestinian state in 1984 and has had diplomatic relations with it.

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