By / Abeer Almadawy-Bamako

A joint ministerial committee has held an official meeting between the two countries of Mali and Mauritania for discussion the border regions between both countries.

Yesterday, in the financial capital Bamako, the work of the Mauritanian financial joint technical committee to determine the borders was held under the chairmanship of the Mauritanian Interior Minister Mohamed Salem Ould Marzouk and his financial counterpart General Salif Traore from Mali

The Joint Ministerial Committee, which includes the administrative authorities in the border regions in both countries and the sectors concerned with determining the common borders between them, discussed various aspects related to security, transit and combating smuggling in its various forms.