The United States said on Thursday it has suspended non-humanitarian aid to Mauritania after the legitimate government of the western African country was toppled in a military coup.
Apart from the continuation of 4.9 million U.S. dollars in food aid, the United States is stopping 15 million dollars in military-to-military cooperation, more than 4 million dollars in peacekeeping training, 3 million dollars in developmental assistance, and 805,000 dollars in nonproliferation anti-terrorism and other aid.
In addition, a multi-million-dollar Millennium Challenge Corporation program is also suspended, State Department spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos told reporters.
The Mauritanian military staged a coup Wednesday in the capital of Nouakchott, having arrested President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi and Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed Waghf.
The coup leaders have announced the establishment of a State Council, claiming that Abdallahi was no longer president.
The United States strongly condemned a coup in Mauritania on Wednesday, and demanded for the immediate release of president and prime minister of the country.
Source: Xinhua
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