Food Security Commissioner Meets With ICRC Representative

On 26 April in Nouakchott, Mrs. Fatimetou Mint Khatry, the Commissioner for Food Security (CSA), received HE Ms. Daphne Marie, the resident representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to Mauritania. During the meeting, the CSA Commissioner reviewed the various social programs implemented by the Commission to serve citizens and contribute to the country's development efforts, pursuant to the commitments of His Excellency the President of the Republic, Mr. Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, aiming at the development of the country and its citizens, particularly the most vulnerable. Ms. Mint Khatry also expressed the CSA's readiness to cooperate in everything that serves citizens, particularly those most vulnerable to disasters and difficult living conditions, expressing her heartfelt thanks to the ICRC for its humanitarian role and for the diversity of its fields of intervention. For her part, the ICRC resident representative reviewed the areas of intervention of her institution in our country, particularly in the aspects of humanitarian action related to disasters and its assistance to the most vulnerable populations, especially on the border with neighboring Mali, where people are facing serious security tensions.