On Friday, 14th of September, the Mauritanian Foreign Affairs Minister received separately the Moroccan and Algerian ambassadors, says the Mauritanian agency. Ismail Ould Cheikh met first with Hamid Chabar, the representative of the Kingdom, then with Noureddine El Khandouri, his Algerian counterpart. The former UN special envoy to Yemen wants to establish «balanced» diplomatic ties with Rabat and Algiers. For the record, Mauritania recognizes the «RASD». On the 31st summit of the African Union at Nouakchott, President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz received Brahim Ghali.