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.
