Saudi ambassador meets Mauritanian minister

Abdulaziz Al-Raqqabi (L) and Mohammed Salem Ould Merzoug in Nouakchott. (Supplied)
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Updated 08 March 2025
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Saudi ambassador meets Mauritanian minister

  • The officials reviewed relations between the two countries and ways to enhance and develop cooperation

RIYADH: Saudi Ambassador to Mauritania Abdulaziz Al-Raqqabi met with Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, and Mauritanians Abroad Mohammed Salem Ould Merzoug in Nouakchott, Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday.

During the meeting, the officials reviewed relations between the two countries and ways to enhance and develop cooperation.

Meanwhile, Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed Elkhereiji met with Minister of African Integration and Foreign Affairs of Senegal Yassine Fall in Jeddah on Friday.

 


Saudi Arabia acknowledges ‘effective cooperation’ after Lebanese authorities seize narco lab

Updated 29 January 2026
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Saudi Arabia acknowledges ‘effective cooperation’ after Lebanese authorities seize narco lab

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia highlighted the productive cooperation between the Kingdom and Lebanon after the seizure of a drugs facility. 

The Saudi interior ministry said the lab was being used to manufacture narcotic substances and  precursor materials, in addition to firearms. 

The ministry statement, posted on social media early on Thursday, said the Kingdom acknowledges the effective cooperation with the Lebanese authorities in monitoring and controlling narcotic substances. 

The Kingdom reaffirmed its commitment to continuing efforts to combat criminal activities that threaten its security and youth through drugs, by confronting, thwarting, and apprehending those involved, the statement added.