ABUJA, Nigeria - A British official says Nigeria's government is ruling out the possibility of releasing jailed militants in exchange for more than 270 schoolgirls who are being held captive by an Islamic extremist group. Mark Simmonds, Britain's top official for Africa, told journalists in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, on Wednesday that President Goodluck Jonathan had \"made it very clear that there will be no negotiation with Boko Haram that involves a swap of abducted schoolgirls for prisoners.\" But Nigeria's government will talk to the militants on reconciliation, Simmonds said, talking about his discussion with Jonathan. ?\"The point that also was made very clear to me is that the president was keen to continue and facilitate ongoing dialogue to find a structure and architecture of delivering lasting solution to the conflict and the cause of conflict in northern Nigeria,\" Simmonds said.
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