Russia and Mauritania on Wednesday inked a defense cooperation agreement on the sidelines of the Moscow Conference on International Security.
The document was inked by Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin and Mauritanian Minister of Defense Hanan Ould Sidi.
"The sides noted the importance of developing bilateral Russian-Mauritanian military cooperation and expressed their readiness to immediately begin the practical implementation of the agreement," the Russian ministry's spokesperson told reporters. The Moscow Conference on International Security is running from June 22- 24.
