President of Republic Receives Angolan Ambassador’s Credentials

On 27 February, in Nouakchott, His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ghazouani, the President of the Republic, received the credentials of HE Mr. Adao Pinto, in his capacity as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Angola to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. After the credentials’ presentation, the President of the Republic granted the Angolan diplomat an audience in the presence of Mr. Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, and Mauritanians abroad. In a statement to the Mauritanian news agency at the end of the meeting, the Angolan diplomat affirmed that Mauritania and Angola would work together to improve their bilateral cooperation relations. In turn, Mr. Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, the President of the Republic, insisted on the necessity to promote bilateral relations to serve the interests of the two people.