Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mauritania)

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Headquarters Nouakchott
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the national ministry of foreign affairs of Mauritania. It has its headquarters in Nouakchott, just to the northwest of the Nouakchott Convention Center complex. [1]

List of ministers

This is a list of ministers of foreign affairs of Mauritania: [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Google Maps (Map). Google. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Foreign ministers L-R".
  3. ↑ "Nouveau gouvernement en Mauritanie, départ du ministre des Affaires étrangères". VOA (in French). 2022-04-01. Retrieved 2023-08-30.

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