Ambassador Leslie Baja (left) and Honorary Consul Mohamed Ali Deyahi inaugurated the Philippine Honorary Consulate in Nouakchott, Mauritania on November 4 as the country’s first in the African state.
The Filipino envoy said the opening of the consulate is expected to expand ties in “economy, agriculture, and fisheries, among others.”
The two nations established formal diplomatic relations on September 30, 2013.
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