President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi congratulated Mauritania’s incumbent President Mohamed Ould Cheikh al -Ghazouan on his re-election as president of Mauritania with 56 per cent of the vote.
Posting to his official Facebook page president al-Sisi said: “I congratulate my brother President Mohamed Ould Cheikh Al Ghazouani on his reelection as President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. I pray to Allah the Almighty to grant him success in serving his country and its Arab and African milieu, in light of his current chairmanship of the African Union . I look forward to further enhancing cooperation between the two countries across all fields in order to achieve development and prosperity for our peoples”.