(MENAFN) A plan to open the first border crossing between Algeria and Mauritania following an agreement signed between the two countries last year has been approved by Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Anadolu agency reported.
On Tuesday, the Algeria Press Service quoted a statement released by Algeria's presidency saying Bouteflika had signed the decree on Monday.
Last November, Algerian Interior Minister Noureddine Badawi and Mauritanian counterpart Ahmed Ould Abdallah inked a deal to establish the first border crossing linking the North African neighbors.
Officials from both countries said earlier that the planned crossing - linking the Algerian city of Tindouf to the Mauritanian city of Zawierat - would "facilitate the movement of people and goods and stimulate bilateral trade".
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