The Minister of Foreign Affaris and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, will sign on 9 February, at 9 a.m. at the Hotel Boscolo Exedra in Rome, a joint declaration with his Tunisian colleague, Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui.
The text illustrates the bilateral cooperation priorities in various sectors, including the partnership for development, the electric power interconnections, youth exchanges, and the enhancement of cooperation in the field of security.
The two ministers will sign the framework agreement for the joint management of the migration phenomenon to fight against irregular migration and the trafficking of human beings, as well as to work together to strengthen outer borders.
Minister Alfano will also sign agreements on cultural cooperation, development cooperation, health and transports. At the end of the signing ceremony, there will be brief statements for the press. The signing of the agreements will be included in the state visit of the President of the Republic of Tunisia, Beji Caid Essebsi, which began today with a visit to the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella.
Press Accreditation:
Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the signing of the agreements at 9 a.m. on 9 February at the Hotel Boscolo Exedra of Rome, in Piazza della Repubblica 47, are kindly requested to apply for acceditation by sending an email to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation’s Institutional Press and Communication Service at the following address: accreditamentostampa@esteri.it (Tel. +39 06/3691.3432-8573-8210), indicating therein the media organisation for which they work, their name, surname and date of birth. Freelance journalists and photojournalists are requested to indicate the number of their Press Pass.
Accredited journalists, photographers and TV crews have to be at the Hotel Boscolo Exedra tomorrow morning before 8:30 a.m.
