President of Republic Returns to Nouakchott After Attending Third Russia-Africa Summit

His Excellency Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, President of the Republic, returned to Nouakchott on Thursday from Moscow, the capital of the Russian Federation, where he participated in the Third Russia-Africa Summit.

The President was welcomed at Nouakchott-Oumtounsy International Airport by Prime Minister Moctar Ould Djay; Aissata Ba Yahya, Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency of the Republic; Mohamed Mahmoud Cheikh Abdoullah Ould Boye and Mohamed Ali Ould Sidi Mohamed, Ministers  Advisers at the Presidency of the Republic; Ba Ousmane, Minister of Defense, Retirees, and Children of Martyrs’ Affairs; Moctar Ahmed Bouceif, Minister of Interior, Decentralization,  and Local Development; Major General Mohamed Moctar Cheikh Emmeni, Chief of Staff of the President of the Republic; Hamoud Ould M’hamed, Wali (Governor) of Nouakchott-West; and Idoumou Ould Abeidallah, Vice President of the Nouakchott Regional Council.

The President was accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising:

<span;><span;>- Nani Ould Chrougha, Minister in Charge of the President’s Cabinet;

<span;><span;>- Mohamed Ould Soueidatt, Minister of Justice;

<span;><span;>- Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Mauritanians Abroad;

<span;><span;>- Ismail Ould Abdelvettah, Mauritania’s Ambassador in Moscow;

<span;><span;>- El-Houssein Ould Naji, Mauritania’s Permanent Representative to the African Union;

<span;><span;>- Sidi Mohamed Mohamed Moctar Taleb Amar, Officer in charge of Special Duties at the Presidency of the Republic;

<span;><span;>- El Bekaye Ould Abdelmalick, Officer in charge of Special Duties at the Presidency of the Republic;

<span;><span;>- El Hassen Ould Ahmed, Director General of State Protocol; and

<span;><span;>- MP Limam Ahmed, Chair of the Mauritania-Russia Parliamentary Friendship Group.