Press Release: Council Decision on the conclusion of consultations with Mauritania under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement

Following the seizure of power by the military on 6 August 2008, the European Union condemned the coup d'état and repeatedly called on Mauritania to respect democracy and
the legal institutional framework that had been in place since 2007. In application of Article 96 of the ACP-EC Agreement, and as the coup constituted a serious violation of essential elements of that Agreement, the European Union initiated consultations with the Islamic Republic of Mauritania on 20 October 2008.

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