Mauritanian President Offers Condolences to Senegalese Counterpart over Boat Sinking Victims

His Excellency the President of the Republic, Mr. Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, made a phone call to his brother, His Excellency the President of the Republic of Senegal, Mr. Bassirou Diomaye Faye, during which he expressed his deepest condolences and sincere sympathy following the sinking of a boat off the coast of Lomboul, in the municipality of Léona, and the resulting casualties and missing persons.

His Excellency the President of the Republic expressed solidarity with the families of the victims and missing persons, wished the survivors a speedy recovery, and prayed for the victims’ eternal mercy and a place in Paradise. H.E affirmed that the Islamic Republic of Mauritania stands with the sister Republic of Senegal and shares the grief of its leadership and people over this tragic loss.

“We belong to God, and to Him we shall return.”