Alfano: “I will ask the EU Foreign Affairs Council to increase international support for Tunisia”

“In my recent visit to Tunisia I held excellent meetings with President Essebsi, Prime Minister Chahed and Minister Jhinaoui. I firmly believe that if we want the young Tunisian democracy to remain stable, we must work together to reduce the impact of international creditors on the country’s economy. Tunisia needs more room to make its economy grow, to increase trade and investments with the EU and the whole of the North-African region. Today, I will attend the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, and I will ask my European colleagues to increase support to Tunisia in this phase,” said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, in his opening remarks to the Dialogue 5+5 meeting in Algiers.