The Mauritanian Minister of the Interior, Mohamed Ahmed Ould Mohamed Lemine, and his Senegalese counterpart, General Jean Baptiste, spoke of “the need to develop an agreement between the two countries in the area of illegal migration”, during an interview they had on Monday in Nouakchott.
The Mauritanian minister clarified the framework for developing the essential agreement between the two countries, “in light of the agreements in the field of illegal migration which link Mauritania and Senegal to the European Union and Spain. “.
The two countries have signed numerous agreements in the field of illegal migration with the European Union, and in particular with the Kingdom of Spain, following the unprecedented increase in the number of illegal migrants leaving from the two countries towards the mainland via the Spanish coast.
The minister also underlined “the importance of reviewing the agreements signed between the two countries, concerning the facilitation of movement and residence of citizens of the two neighboring countries”, who do not need a visa to travel between them.
Last August, the Senegalese authorities set the duration of stay in Senegal for cars coming from Mauritania and ECOWAS countries at a maximum of 90 days.
-At the end of the press briefing which followed the meeting, the minister underlined “the strength and depth of the historical, geographical and cultural ties which unite the two countries and the two peoples”, while the Senegalese minister shared “ all the important points raised by his Mauritanian counterpart.”
This meeting comes as part of a visit by the Senegalese Minister of the Interior in a delegation led by the Prime Minister of his country, Ousmane Sonko, and high-level members of the Senegalese government, to discuss essential issues between the two country, in particular illegal immigration and the project to exploit the gas deposit common to the two countries.
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