Michael Barak was interviewed to SputnikNews on December 18, 2020 regarding the possibility that Mauritania will normalize ties with Israel.
"It was KSA [the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia] which approved the UAE and Bahrain's stance to normalize ties; it was KSA who played a role in the peace between Morocco [and] Israel; It has been playing a role as well to push Pakistan to form full diplomatic ties with Israel. So it's inevitable that KSA is [brokering a] Mauritania-Israel deal. Moreover, KSA and Mauritania enjoy very good ties, so the Mauritania regime is more attentive to the KSA's regime".