On 26 September, in Doha, Mr. Ahmed Sid Ahmed Die, the Minister of Culture, Youth, Sports, and Relations with Parliament, met with Mr. Sheikh Salem bin Khalid Al Qasimi, the Minister of Culture and Youth of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on the sidelines of the 12th Conference of Ministers of Culture of the Islamic World, held in the Qatari capital, Doha. During the meeting, the two officials discussed cooperative relations between Mauritania and the UAE and ways to strengthen and develop them, particularly in the field of culture and youth.