UMA secretary general praises Mauritania's commitment to freedom

Visiting Secretary General of the Maghreb Arab Union (UMA) praised Mauritania's commitment to "freedom, development and unity of the Mauritanian people," while being received in Nouakchott Monday by president Mu'aweya Wild Taye'. Habib Boulares, who is on a working visit to Nouakchott, said he had "congratulated" the Mauritanian leader for his "wisdom" in dealing with the crisis in his country after the failed military coup attempt.

Boulares discussed with Wild Taye' means to clear obstacles hindering the work of the structures and mechanisms of the UMA which is made up of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania.