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Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug, held talks, Wednesday evening in Nouakchott, with Morocco’s ambassador to Mauritania, Hamid Chabar. Discussions focused on relations of cooperation between the two brotherly countries and ways to further strengthen them, as well as issues of common interest. This meeting takes place one day after the appointment […]
Mauritania has given Algeria a very cold shower by rejecting the propaganda of the morally bankrupt military junta in Algiers which desperately seeks to stoke tension in the region and with Morocco in particular. In recent days, the Algerian military junta that rules behind a civilian curtain attempted to use Mauritania twice to serve […]
Mauritania has woken up without a government. Prime Minister Mohamed Ould Bilal tendered his resignation and that of his government to the Head of state, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. No statement to the press was made following the resignation, which could be explained in part by the harsh criticism of the […]
The fight against slavery in Mauritania “is a constant and irreversible priority” of the authorities, said Wednesday in Nouakchott a senior Mauritanian state official, during a rare authorized meeting on this topic in the country. “The hand of the government is extended to all forums and tribunes, in the legality and the rejection of extremism […]
Mauritania and Morocco held their 8th High Joint Commission, during which officials from the two countries voiced strong willingness to unlock bilateral cooperation prospects. The event was co-chaired by the head of the Moroccan government, Aziz Akhannouch, and the Mauritanian Prime Minister, Mohamed Ould Bilal in Rabat Friday. Speaking at the opening of the event, […]
Mauritanian Prime Minister Mohamed Ould Bilal started Thursday a working visit to Morocco, during which he will co-chair with the Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, the eighth session of the Moroccan-Mauritanian High Joint Commission. The eighth session of the Moroccan-Mauritanian High Joint Commission, to be held Friday, will open new prospects for the consolidation of […]
The Mauritanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday that it had summoned the Malian ambassador and informed him of its “strong protest against the recent recurrent criminal acts” committed by the Malian army in Mali against Mauritanians. Mauritania made this protest to Ambassador Mohamed Dibassy after two serious events involving Mauritanians in the space of […]
Morocco will reserve seats for Mauritanian students on flights scheduled by Royal Air Maroc to evacuate Moroccans living in Ukraine, the Mauritanian Foreign Ministry announced this Monday, February 28. Mauritanian students established in Ukraine will be able to board special flights to be operated by RAM to repatriate Moroccan nationals from March 2. The Mauritanian […]
Means to promote economic and trade relations between Morocco and Mauritania and the facilitation of investment were at the focus of a meeting held Wednesday in Casablanca between the President of the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM), Chakib Alj, and the President of the National Union of Mauritanian Employers (UNPM), Zein El Abidine Ould […]
These statements, made last night on France 5, come a few hours after a video conference meeting of European foreign ministers and on the eve of a meeting between Emmanuel Macron and three of his Sahelian counterparts: Niger’s Mohamed Bazoum, Chad’s Mahamat Idriss Déby and Mauritania’s Mohamed Ould Ghazouani. “The President of the Republic wanted […]