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UAE Gives Mauritania $2B for Development

Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince receives the Mauritanian President. WAM
Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince receives the Mauritanian President. WAM
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UAE Gives Mauritania $2B for Development

Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince receives the Mauritanian President. WAM
Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince receives the Mauritanian President. WAM

The United Arab Emirates pledged Sunday to give $2 billion in aid to Mauritania.

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani visited Abu Dhabi on Sunday and met with Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

UAE’s state-run WAM news agency announced the pledge, describing it as including funding for “investment and development projects, as well as a soft loan.”

During the meeting between Ghazouani and the Crown Prince, held at the Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi, the two sides discussed ties between the UAE and Mauritania, and means to advance them in all sectors to serve the interests of the two countries, and their peoples.

Sheikh Mohammed and Ghazouani also exchanged views on regional and international developments of mutual interest.

Mauritania’s president and the Crown Prince witnessed the exchange of a number of agreements and Memoranda of Understanding at Qasr Al Watan.

The MoUs were over expanding cooperation between the two countries in educational, military and security, technical, humanitarian work, development, investment, and social care, WAM said.

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Qatar’s Chief Negotiator Says ‘Frustrated’ by Pace of Gaza Talks

The al-Atal family's tent is seen after it was struck overnight in an Israeli airstrike that killed several family members, in the Jabalia refugee camp, Gaza City, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP)
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Qatar's chief negotiator voiced frustration over talks for a truce in Gaza in an interview with AFP, a month after Israel resumed its strikes on the Palestinian territory and another round of negotiations ended without a deal.

"We're definitely frustrated by the slowness, sometimes, of the process in the negotiation. This is an urgent matter. There are lives at stake here if this military operation continues day by day," Mohammed Al-Khulaifi said on Friday.

Qatar, with the United States and Egypt, brokered a truce in Gaza between Israel and Hamas which came into force on January 19 and largely halted over a year of war triggered by Palestinian gunmen’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel.

The initial phase of the truce ended in early March, with the two sides unable to agree on the next steps.

Hamas has insisted that negotiations be held for a second phase to the truce, leading to a permanent end to the war, as outlined in the January framework.

Israel, which had called for an extension to the opening phase, resumed air and ground attacks across the Gaza Strip on March 18 after earlier halting the entry of aid.

Late on Thursday, Hamas signaled the group would not accept Israel's newest proposal for a 45-day ceasefire. Israel had wanted the release of 10 living hostages held by Hamas, the group said.

"We've been working continuously in the last days to try to bring the parties together and revive the agreement that has been endorsed by the two sides," the Qatari minister of state said.

"And we will remain committed to this, in spite of the difficulties," he added.