These Are The Objectives Of Opening A Land Crossing Between Algeria, Mauritania

The opening of the border crossing between Mauritania and Algeria constitutes an outlet for trade exchange between the two countries and a window to strengthen Arab-African relations, Head of the Algerian-Mauritanian Parliamentary Friendship Group and the head of the Mauritanian Reform Party, Mohamed Talabna, said.

“The opening of the crossing is a great turning point for both countries, not just for bilateral exchanges, but also as a response to the needs of both countries at the geographical, economic, social and security levels”, he added.

According to the head of the Islah Party, one of Mauritania’s majority coalition parties, this border crossing, that was approved by the Algerian-Mauritanian Joint High Committee at its last meeting in Algiers last December, “is not only an outlet for trade between Mauritania and Algeria, but it also link between families on the border between the two countries. “

“The determination of a legal crossing point for commercial exchange and the passage of people makes it a means to facilitate the ability to control and the borders of the two countries, which has a difficult desert geographical nature”, according to the head of the Mauritanian parliamentary friendship group, to strengthen the safety and security of both countries and to prevent the dangers that beset the region, which was in a period of time a drug smuggling zone and a breeding ground for crime and terrorism.

“The establishment of a crossing between Algeria and Mauritania comes late, because it is normal when there are two neighboring countries to have border crossings”.

“Algeria has a large geographical area, which extends over more than two million kilometers has the border crossings with each neighboring countries, with the exception of Mauritania. “

Head of the Al Islah Party said the most important at the border crossing between Mauritania and Algeria was that it would be a “bridge for communication between the Arabs and Africa, which is also important to link the north and the south in a world that is about to be the result of the development of the means of communication.”

The Joint Technical Committee, which is charged with identifying the technical and material mechanisms for the construction of the border crossing between the two countries, last week, chose a site of 75 kilometers from the city of Tindouf (Southern Algeria) as a starting point for the road that is connecting Algeria with the Mauritanian city Zoueirat, pending the opening of the crossing officially soon with the construction of the road and processing.