Mauritania refuses to sever relations with Israel

The Nouakchott government is still persistent to maintain normalization with Israel. A process which started several months ago when it established diplomatic relations with Israel and refused to sever them.

To this effect, Mauritania's minister of telecommunications al-Rashid Weld Saleh stressed that his country will not sever its relations with Israel under any condition.

Commenting on the call advocated by the Islamic summit on the states which established relations with Israel to cut them, the Mauritania's minister added that peace is the choice of the government of Mauritania and that his country is committed to this option.

Replying to a question on whether the worsening development of conditions in the occupied Palestinian territories will push the government to change its position, the Sudanese minister stressed that the government of Muaweya Wild Sedi al-Taye will not sever it relations with Israel.

The Mauritania minister underestimated the protests spreading at the university of Nouakchott and secondary schools in protest of continued relations with Israel and described them as " a coward act."