Press Release: HR/VP Catherine Ashton and European Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs met with Sahel ministers

On December 8 2011, High Representative Catherine Ashton met with Soumeylou Boubèye Maiga and Mohamed Bazoum, Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Mali and Niger respectively, as well as Abdelkader Messahel, Minister delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs of Algeria. The ministers were accompanied by the Ambassador of Mauritania, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Brahim Khlil.

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ESO: Background Information: Press Release: Looming hunger crisis in Sahel: European Commission acts now to save lives http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-looming-hunger-crisis-in-sahel-european-commission-acts-now-to-save-lives/

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