Madar (Nouakchott) - President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani left the Turkish city of Antalya on Friday evening, 13 November 2026, for Phnom Penh, capital of the Kingdom of Cambodia, to take part in the Francophonie summit, the Mauritanian News Agency (AMI) reported.
According to the agency, the president is accompanied by a delegation that includes the First Lady, the minister in charge of the Office of the President and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Mauritanians Abroad, Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug.
The delegation also includes the president's special envoy to the Francophonie, Coumba Ba, Mauritania's candidate for Secretary-General of the International Organisation of La Francophonie, as well as Mauritania's ambassador in Phnom Penh, the country's permanent delegate to UNESCO, three advisers at the Presidency and the director general of State Protocol.
Ghazouani is travelling to Cambodia from Antalya, where he took part in the UN climate conference (COP31) and on Friday met Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Secretary-General Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed.
