Kattan described the talks that he had gathered with the Mauritanian president as “important”, and expressed to him at the outset his “thanks and appreciation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the honorable and positive stances of Mauritania towards various issues of concern to the Kingdom.”
In statements, Kattan added that his talks with the Mauritanian president also touched on his African tour, indicating that he saw a convergence in the views of all the presidents he met with the Kingdom’s view on various issues.
On the other hand, the discussions touched on the development projects financed by the Kingdom in Mauritania, through the Saudi Fund for Development, as Kattan said in a statement after the meeting that Ould Al-Ghazwani expressed to him his “thanks and appreciation for the positive role that the Saudi Fund for Development plays in this regard.”
Kattan announced that the Saudi government will soon send a mission from the Saudi Fund for Development, to review the projects it finances in Mauritania, in addition to considering financing new projects.
Saudi Arabia is one of the largest investors and financiers of projects in Mauritania. Especially in the sectors of minerals, agriculture and the fight against poverty, while the Mauritanian government is betting on it to support a “economic take-off” plan announced by Weld Al-Ghazwani to get out of the repercussions of the Corona pandemic, which will cost nearly half a billion euros.
At the end of the talks with the Saudi minister, the Mauritanian president said that he “appreciates and is proud of the“ great ”role the Kingdom is playing towards Mauritania, while the Saudi minister said that“ relations between the two countries are historical and distinguished relations, ”stressing that there are efforts“ to develop them in all fields. ».
In the meantime, the talks between Kattan and the President of Mauritania, who holds the rotating presidency of the Group of Five Sahel countries, touched on the role of Saudi Arabia in supporting and supporting the Sahel countries, which are fighting a fierce war against terrorist groups linked to ISIS and Al Qaeda. Especially through financing and equipping the joint military force set up by the Sahel countries to confront terrorists.
The Saudi minister had visited Mali and Burkina Faso, the two countries most affected by terrorist attacks among the five Sahel countries, and Al-Qattan held talks with the heads of the two countries, which dealt with efforts to fight terrorism and the regional situation.
For more than seven years, the African Sahel region has been witnessing an escalation in the threat of terrorism. It began with the entry of Al Qaeda and ended a few years ago with the entry of ISIS remnants fleeing Syria and Libya, while 6 thousand French troops are deployed in the Sahel to support the local armies in their war. On terror.
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