U.N. relations with Nigeria 'intact' after dispute over army raid


  • World
  • Sunday, 13 Aug 2017

FILE PHOTO - United Nations Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator Peter Lundberg gestures as he speaks during an interview with Reuters in his office in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - The United Nations' relationship with Nigeria is intact, a U.N. official said on Saturday, despite a military raid on a compound belonging to the international body in the conflict-ridden northeast.

"I am very pleased to report that our relationship of collaboration and trust is intact," Peter Lundberg, the U.N. deputy humanitarian coordinator for Nigeria, said at a briefing in the northeastern city of Maiduguri.

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