Switzerland has denied claim of helping Nigeria fight against Boko Haram. on Wednesday Switzerland said it had not given any funding to
military operations against Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist insurgents,
after a senior African Union official said it was among donors to an
international intervention force.
At a donor conference in Addis Ababa on Monday, AU Peace and Security
Council chief Smail Chergui said Switzerland had contributed to funding
for the force battling Boko Haram in the Lake Chad basin.
“As a neutral actor in conflict situations, Switzerland has never
given financial support to military interventions and will abstain from
doing so in the future,” the Swiss foreign ministry said in a statement
sent to AFP by its embassy in Paris.
The statement said Switzerland had given around $12 million to
alleviate the suffering of people affected by the Boko Haram crisis, but
claims it was funding the military force were “incorrect”.
“Switzerland’s action in the Lake Chad region consists solely and
exclusively in the financial support to the major humanitarian
agencies,” it said.
Donors at the meeting in the Ethiopian capital pledged $250 million
for the fight against Boko Haram, with major contributions made by
Nigeria, Britain and the European Union.
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