On the morning of Wednesday, May 25, 2022, Her Majesty Queen Letizia of Spain attended a meeting in preparation for her upcoming cooperation trip to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

The purpose of the upcoming visit is to learn about the work that the “…Spanish Cooperation carries out [in Mauritania] in the areas of health, governance and gender equality, rural development, and food security…” according to the Spanish royal court.

In Mauritania there are 12 Spanish NGDOs (Non-Governmental Organizations for Development), which work in the sectors of rural development and food security, health and gender.

This is the seventh cooperation trip for Her Majesty Queen Letizia. Previous cooperation trips took Her Majesty to Honduras, El Salvador, Senegal, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mozambique, and Paraguay.

Her Majesty Queen Letizia’s cooperation trip will begin on May 31 – June 2, 2022.