Afshin Rattansi in Tehran talks to U.S. Former Ambassador to Mauritania, Edward Peck about possible scenarios in the oil-rich West African nation of Mauritania.
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania, August 5, 2008/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Mr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement on August 1, 2008 in Nouakchott at the conclusion of his visit to Mauritania:

"It has been a great pleasure to visit Mauritania. I wish to thank the President, Mr. Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi for the warm hospitality extended by the Mauritanian government to participants in the seminar for African Governors of the IMF and the World Bank.