On 20 December, Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, and Mauritanians Abroad, received a message from his Saudi counterpart, Mr. Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdallah Al Saoud.
The message was delivered to the minister in Nouakchott by the acting charge d’affaires of the Saudi Arabian embassy, Mr. Abdel Aziz El Himeydhi.