Madar (Nouakchott) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani left Nouakchott overnight on Monday, October 26, 2026, for Moscow to attend the third Russia-Africa summit, scheduled for October 28 and 29, the Mauritanian News Agency (AMI) and the presidency's media office said.
He was seen off at Nouakchott-Oumtounsy International Airport by Prime Minister Mokhtar Ould Djay, the presidency's secretary general, the defence and interior ministers and other officials.
His delegation includes the minister heading his office, the justice minister, Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug, Mauritania's ambassador to Moscow, its permanent representative to the African Union and the MP who chairs the Mauritania-Russia parliamentary friendship group.
