Mauritania's armoured battalion marked the 36th anniversary of its founding on Sunday with an official ceremony at its headquarters in Aleg, attended by administrative and military authorities of the Brakna region.
The event was presided over by the governor of Brakna together with the battalion commander and the commander of the seventh military region. The programme included raising the national flag, the national anthem and a military parade by formations from the battalion's units.
In a speech, battalion commander Colonel Sid'El Moctar Abdallahi Ahmed reviewed the historical milestones of the armoured corps and its role in ground operations, stressing the need to keep improving performance to meet current requirements.
