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Mauritanian election results: Ministerial statement

Andrew Murrison congratulates Mauritanian President-elect Mohamed Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed El Ghazouani.

• From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office and The Rt Hon Dr Andrew Murrison MP
• Published: 1 July 2019

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Following the Mauritanian Constitutional Council’s confirmation of the results of the recent Presidential election, Minister of State Dr Andrew Murrison has congratulated the President-elect, Mohamed Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed El Ghazouani.

The Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa, Dr Andrew Murrison, said:

I offer my warm congratulations to Mohamed Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed El Ghazouani, on his election as the next President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

The UK remains committed to strengthening its relationship with Mauritania, following the opening of our Embassy there in 2018.

I look forward to working with President-elect Ghazouani and his government to help deliver stability, security and prosperity for the benefit of all Mauritanians.

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Published 1 July 2019