The Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Mauritanians Abroad, Ismael O. Cheikh Ahmed, asked on Monday the African Union to exert all efforts so that Africans can have a Vaccine against Covid-19 as soon as it becomes available.
The Minister, who was speaking at the 37th session of the Union’s executive council, said that the promptitude of Union’s response and solidarity shown by the Africans led to significant results in the fight against covid-19, and helped reduce the negative impacts.
The Minister urged the Africans to come together and demand debt cancellation for the poorest countries to alleviate the impacts of this pandemic and prevent the disintegration of their economies.
The Minister added, « An approach that President Mohamed O. Cheikh Ghazouani kept nonstop defending it in all forums, since the start of the pandemic ».
He thanked the African countries and all other countries for their support to Mauritania to deal with Coronavirus, which appeared in the country at the start of March.
