U.S. Welcomes African Union’s Call to Action on Mauritania


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United States Department of State

Gordon Duguid

Acting Deputy Department Spokesman, Office of the Spokesman

BUREAU OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Washington, DC

March 26, 2009

The United States welcomes and supports the March 24 African Union Peace and Security Council’s reaffirmation of its decision to impose targeted sanctions on civilian and military individuals that maintain the unconstitutional status quo in Mauritania.

The coup d’etat in Mauritania has proven to be a dangerous and destabilizing precedent for the continent and we join the African Union in its rejection of unconstitutional changes in government.

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