President of Republic Heads to Moscow to Attend Russia-Africa Summit

His Excellency the President of the Republic, Mr. Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, departed Nouakchott shortly after midnight on Monday, bound for Moscow, the capital of the Russian Federation, to take part  in the Russia–Africa Summit.

Upon his departure from Nouakchott International Airport, His Excellency the President of the Republic was seen off “Oumtounsy,” by the Prime Minister, Mr. El Moctar Ould Djay; The Secretary-General of the Presidency of the Republic, Ms. Aissata Ba Yahya; The Minister-Counselor at the Presidency of the Republic, Mr. Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Boye; The Minister-Counselor at the Presidency of the Republic, Mr. Mohamed Ali Ould Sidi Mohamed; The Minister of Defense, Pensioners Affairs and Children of Martyrs , Mr. Ba Ousmane; The Minister of the Interior, Decentralization, and Local Development, Mr. Moctar Ahmed Bouceif ; the Chief of Staff to the President of the Republic, Lieutenant General Mohamed El Moctar Cheikh Menni; the Governor of West Nouakchott, Mr. Hamoud Ould M’hamed; and the Vice President of the Nouakchott Region, Mr. Idoumou Ould Abeidellah.

His Excellency the President of the Republic is accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising the following:

– Nani Ould Chrougha, the Minister in Charge of the Office of the President of the Republic;

–Mohamad Ould Soueydatt, the Minister of Justice;

– Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Mauritanians Abroad;

–Ismail Ould Abdel Vetah, Mauritanian Ambassador to Moscow;

–El Housseine Ould Naji, Mauritania’s Permanent Representative to the African Union;

–Sidi Mohamed El Moctar Taleb Amar, chargé de mission  to the Office of the President;

– El Bekaye Ould Abdel Malek, chargé de mission to the Office of the President;

– El Hacen Ould Ahmed, Director General of State Protocol;

– Deputy Imam Ahmed, Chair of the Mauritanian-Russian Parliamentary Friendship Group.