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Peace a strategic option, Prime Minister says

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    Mauritanian Prime Minister Cheikh El Afia Ould Mohamed Khouna said the re-establishment of diplomatic links with Israel stemmed from Mauritania support for the Middle East peace process, the Moroccan news agency, MAP, reported on Monday. Khouna, who arrived in Rabat with a message form the Mauritania president to King Mohammed VI, said peace with Israel was a strategic option for all Arab countries. Foreign ministers of Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia met in Libya over the weekend to discuss Mauritania’s action, Reuters reported on Monday. Egypt, under president Anwar Sadat, was the first Arab country to re-establish diplomatic ties with Israel.

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