ALGIERS- An inter-ministerial committee on the execution of the road project linking Tindouf to the Mauritanian city of Zouerate has been installed on Monday, the Ministry of Public Works said in a statement.
Chaired by Minister of Public Works Kamel Nasri, the installation ceremony took place at the headquarters of the ministry, in the presence of director general of the Algerian Agency of International Cooperation for Solidarity and Development, added the source.
This meeting was attended by representatives of the Ministries of National Defense, Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, of Interior, Local Authorities and National Planning, of Finance, of Energy and Mines, in addition to the province of Tindouf, the General Directorate of Customs and the National Bank of Algeria (BNA), said the source.
The installation of this committee occurs after the inking on 28 December 2021 of a memorandum of understanding in the field of public works on the building of this strategic road (800km) by the Algerian Minister of Public Works Kamel Nasri and Mauritanian Minister of Equipment and Transport Mohamedou Ahmedou M’haïmid, during the State visit paid by the Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazaouani to Algeria, at the invitation of President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
