On 18 January, Mr. Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug, the Minister of Interior and Decentralization, met, in Nouakchott, with Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga, the Malian Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization, who is also the official Spokesperson for the Malian Government.
The meeting was an opportunity to review the cooperation relations and the ways and means to enhance them, particularly in the areas of competence of the two ministerial departments.