Mauritania
Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...
and
Turkey have had diplomatic relations since the 1960s, following Mauritania's independence from France. The Turkish embassy in
Nouakchott opened in April 2011.
History
Throughout the 1960s, Mauritania's main pro-French foreign policy
[Constentin, Francois, and Christien Coulon. "Les relations internationales de la Mauritanie." pp. 323-60 in Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes sur les Sociétés Méditerranéennes and Centre d'Etudes d'Afrique Noire (eds.), Introduction a la Mauritanie. Paris: Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 2009.] objective was preserving its independence in the face of
Moroccan irredentism
Moroccan may refer to:
* Something or someone from, or related to the country of Morocco
* Moroccan people
* Moroccan Arabic, spoken in Morocco
* Moroccan Jews
See also
* Morocco leather
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[de Benoist, J. R. "La Mauritanie entre deux oceans et deux Afriques," Croissance desjeunes nations aris No. 242, September 1982, pp. 11-15.]
Through the early 1970s,
Mauritania continued to play the role of bridge between the
Maghrib and sub-Saharan Africa.
Since late 1980s, Mauritania cultivated ties
[Lambelin, Charles. "New Mauritanian Strongman Tackles Economic Ills," Reuters North European Service, May 31, 1985.] with Turkey as a possible source of aid
[Vergara, Francisco. "L’économie de la Mauritanie et son développement." Pages 177-234 in Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes sur les Sociétés Méditerranéennes and Centre d'Etudes d'Afrique Noire (eds.), Introduction a la Mauritanie. Paris: Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 2009.] and investment. Turkey, in return, has provided it with substantial amounts of economic aid
and through
TIKA funded the construction of hospitals, schools, power plants and roads.
Presidential visits
Economic relations
Trade volume between the two countries was 245 million USD in 2019.
There are direct flights from
Istanbul to
Nouakchott.
See also
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Foreign relations of Mauritania
The foreign relations of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania have, since 1960, been dominated by the issues of the Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara or Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) and the recognition of its independence by its neighbours, ...
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Foreign relations of Turkey
Physically bridging Europe and Asia, Turkey is a secular country that has pursued a Western-oriented foreign policy.Robins, Philip. Turkey and the Middle East. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs and New York: Council on Foreign R ...
References
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Turkey
Bilateral relations of Turkey