December 31, 2014
December 31, 2014
Yan St-Pierre told RFI’s Michel Arseneault that Israeli companies are already playing a growing role in Nigeria. There are reports that both Israel and the US intervened to persuade Nigeria to abstain from voting on the Jordanian resolution. Many had thought Nigeria would back it, delivering a majority on the council, which would have led the US to use its veto. Washington reportedly worked hard to avoid having to use it. Both the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and the US secretary of state, John Kerry, phoned president Goodluck Jonathan to ask him not to support the resolution.