Mauritania participates in the High-level International Conference on the Peaceful Resolution of the Palestinian Issue and Achieving a Two-state Solution.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Mauritanians Abroad, Mr. Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug, participated today, Monday, at the United Nations headquarters in New York in the high-level international conference on the peaceful settlement of the Palestinian issue and achieving the two-state solution.The conference is held under the presidency of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the French Republic, with the participation of heads of state and government, against the backdrop of several countries, including France, announcing their recognition of the State of Palestine, with more countries taking the same step during the conference.The conference aims to reaffirm international consensus on the peaceful settlement of the issue and to stimulate decisive, coordinated, and time-bound international action towards implementing the two-state solution.

In addition to the Minister, the following attended the meeting:The Ambassador of Mauritania to New York and its permanent representative to the United Nations, Mr. Sidi Mohamed Laghdaf;The ambassador assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Mohamed Mustapha Tetta;The ambassador and Director General of Multilateral Cooperation, Mr. Ahmed Mahmoud;The ambassador and Director of Communication and Media, Mr. Ahmed Mohamed al-Douh;The ambassador and Director of Protocol, Mr. Mohamed Diop;The First Counselor at the embassy in New York, Mr. Adnan Salem El-Sheybani.