Newly re-elected Mauritanian President receives Morocco’s gov’t. head

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani received Morocco’s Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, on Thursday in Nouakchott.

This meeting followed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani’s investiture ceremony for his second five-year term, during which Akhannouch represented King Mohammed VI.

In a statement to MAP following the meeting, which was also attended by Morocco's ambassador to Nouakchott, Hamid Chabar, Akhannouch said that he informed the Mauritanian President of the King’s determination to strengthen cooperation between the two countries.

Akhannouch conveyed the Sovereign's congratulations to the Mauritanian President on his re-election and extended his wishes for further progress and prosperity for the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

The Head of Government emphasized that the Mauritanian President expressed his firm desire to consolidate the brotherly relations between the two countries and to further develop them in the interests of both nations.