Mauritanian president receives Moroccan minister

Mauritanian president, Mouaouyia Ould Sid Ahmed Taya, met in Nouakchott Thursday Moroccan minister of economy, finance, privatization and tourism, Fathallah Oualalou, who attended the official transfer of 51% of Mauritania's phone operator "Mauritel" to Morocco's phone operator "Maroc-Telecom."

The capital transfer and participation agreements signed on Thursday by the two companies is "a turning point in relations between the two countries" Oualalou told the press.

He added it is "a model of cooperation in the Maghreban space, to which both countries belong, and of south-south cooperation," and will enable the two countries to accompany the technological evolution.

On the same day, the Mauritanian president had received Mohamed Kabbaj, advisor to King Mohammed VI, who handed him a message from the sovereign.