Relations between Morocco and Mauritania are about to experience a new step. Rabat and Nouakchott plan to carry out common and strategic projects. The southern neighbor “should be connected to the Moroccan electrical network,” said in statements to Yabiladi Cheikh Ahmed Lamine, the publication director of Anbaa.info.
Indeed, the Minister for Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Leila Benali, and her Mauritanian Energy and Petroleum counterpart, Mohamed Ould Khaled, signed a bilateral memorandum of understanding on Thursday January 23 Partnership in the electricity and renewable energies sectors.
The bilateral cooperation agenda also covers a water interconnection, in fact, the subject was discussed this Thursday, January 23 in Kuwait City, between the Minister of Equipment and Water, Nizar Baraka, and his counterpart Mauritanian, Amel Bent Mouloud, on the sidelines of their participation in the high -level forum on the financing of water development for the MENA region, adds the same source.
“Mauritania hopes to benefit from the Moroccan experience in desalination of sea waters. Nouakchott is particularly interested in the Dakhla station” in progress, specifies Cheikh Lamine. Once operational, the unit will have to provide 37 million cubic meters of water per year, including 7 million drinking water.
Reunion Mohammed Vi-Oould El Ghazouani marked the way
-The two countries also provide interconnection at the levels of ports and roads, adds the same source. As a reminder, this component of cooperation between the two neighbors was on the interview menu, from February 20, 2024 to Rabat, between Nizar Baraka and his homology Mohamed Aly. The two neighbors are currently working on communications and internet sites. The kingdom has been present on this market, since the acquisition, in 2001, by Morocco Telecom of 51% of Mauritel’s shares.
“This new dynamic is the fruit of the meeting, from December 20 to Casablanca, between King Mohammed VI and President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, has accelerated the examination of these strategic projects,” said Cheikh Ahmed Lamine. The two heads of state have reiterated their “determination to develop strategic projects for the connection between the two neighboring countries, and to coordinate their contributions within the framework of royal initiatives in Africa, particularly the African-Atlantic gas pipeline and the initiative aiming to promote access to the Sahel states to the Atlantic Ocean, “the royal cabinet said in a statement.
In addition to economic and strategic interests, Morocco and Mauritania also share the same allies, in particular the United Arab Emirates, engaged financially and politically in the two countries, France, Spain, Senegal, Saudi Arabia and States -Unis.
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