Madar (Nouakchott) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani arrived at the Kremlin on Wednesday evening, October 28, 2026, to attend a dinner given by Russian President Vladimir Putin in honour of the heads of state and delegations at the third Russia-Africa summit, the Mauritanian presidency's media office said.
Putin is expected to hold a bilateral meeting with Ghazouani on Friday, October 30, one of 11 that day with African leaders, including those of Ghana, Mali, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Togo, Eritrea, Somalia and the Comoros, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov told the TASS news agency.
Ushakov said Putin would hold 24 bilateral meetings in all on the sidelines of the summit, which is expected to produce three important documents, followed by the signing of 33 intergovernmental agreements with African countries. The Mauritanian presidency has not yet announced the agenda of the bilateral meeting.
Ghazouani attended the morning plenary of the economic and humanitarian forum, where Putin spoke about easing Africa's debt burden before 48 African countries.
He arrived in Moscow on Tuesday for the summit, on the sidelines of which Mauritania's state broadcaster TDM signed a cooperation protocol with RT.
