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The Islamic Republic of Mauritania was one of eight sovereign nations that severed relations with the State of Qatar when the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) crisis erupted in June 2017.1 This move underscored both Nouakchott's desire to curry favor with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Mauritanian government's deep concerns about Islamist activity in African, Arab and Muslim countries.2 As Mauritania's president, Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz, blames the Muslim Brotherhood “for the destruction of several Arab countries,” Nouakchott is fully supportive of Saudi Arabia's anti‐Islamist and anti‐Qatari foreign policy and has consistently backed Riyadh and Abu Dhabi against Doha throughout the past Gulf Crisis.
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