Maghreb fact finding mission arrives in Mauritania

Published February 22nd, 2005 - 10:06 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

The Mauritanian President, Mawiah Walid al-Taya, on Monday received in Nouakchott, the investigation committee, ordered to be set up by Libyan Leader Muammar al Kadhafi, chairman of the Arab Maghreb Union, in a fact finding mission regarding events related to a plot aimed at overthrowing the Mauritanian regime.  Al-Taya hinted in the past that Libya stood behind the attempt.

 

The committee includes the Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union, Al-Habib Abuala'ras, foreign minister of Morocco, Mohammed Ben Issa, and Algerian Foreign Minister, Abdulaziz Bilkhadam.

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