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 Mauritania |  Turkey |
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| Embassy of Mauritania, Ankara | Embassy of Turkey, Nouakchott |
Mauritania andTurkey have had diplomatic relations since the 1960s, following Mauritania's independence from France. Mauritania has an embassy in Ankara and Turkey has an embassy in Nouakchott which reopened in 2011.[1] Turkey and Mauritania have had a good relationship based on religious and historical backgrounds, despite Mauritania never being under the Ottoman Empire.
Throughout the 1960s, Mauritania's main pro-French foreign policy[2] objective was preserving its independence in the face ofMoroccan irredentism.[3]
Through the early 1970s,[3] Mauritania continued to play the role of bridge betweenthe Maghrib and sub-Saharan Africa.[4]
Since late 1980s, Mauritania cultivated ties[5] with Turkey as a possible source of aid[6] and investment. Turkey, in return, has provided it with substantial amounts of economic aid[6] and throughTIKA funded the construction of hospitals, schools, power plants and roads.[2]
| Guest | Host | Place of visit | Date of visit |
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 PresidentMoktar Ould Daddah |  PresidentFahri Korutürk | Çankaya Köşkü,Ankara | 1974[1] |
| PresidentMohamed Ould Abdel Aziz | PresidentAbdullah Gül | Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara | 2010[1] |
| PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoğan | President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz | Presidential Palace,Nouakchott | February 28, 2018[1] |
Trade volume between the two countries was 245 million USD in 2019.[1]
There are direct flights fromIstanbul toNouakchott.[1]
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