President Tebboune is on an official visit to Tunisia. The head of state, who was rolled out the red carpet yesterday on the tarmac at Carthage airport, was greeted with a presidential welcome.
Besides his Tunisian counterpart, Kais Saied, President Tebboune was received by several senior officials of the Tunisian state as well as by a delegation of the diplomatic corps from “Arab countries”.
President Tebboune and his Tunisian counterpart held one-to-one talks which culminated in a press conference where President Tebboune declared that “economic integration” between Algeria and Tunisia is the expected result of a “revival of bilateral cooperation in various fields”.
President Tebboune also declared that “Tunisia is an extension of Algeria, just as Algeria is an extension of Tunisia”.
Algeria- Tunisia: 27 agreements signed
After the 21 cannon shots fired in honor of President Tebboune on his arrival in Tunis, his visit then led him to chair, he and his Tunisian counterpart, Kais Saied, a signing ceremony of 27 cooperation agreements by the ministers supervising the sectors concerned.
The sectors concerned by these cooperation agreements are notably those of Justice, Interior and Local Authorities, Energy and Mines, SMEs and startups, Pharmaceutical industry, Environment, Business religion, education and vocational training, fishing, information, as well as that of culture.
President Tebboune did not fail to underline “a strategic orientation to take advantage of the points of rapprochement between the two countries” by highlighting “a large number of cooperation agreements” signed during his visit.
Historic agreements?
For his part, the Tunisian president affirmed that “we will never forget the outstretched hand of Algeria to heal the wounds of Tunisia in times of pandemic, nor how it has shared with us its reserves of oxygen”. He will also add that “relations between Algeria and Tunisia have always been privileged throughout history and will be more so in the future”.
The Tunisian president also said that Algeria and Tunisia have “started a new stage in history”. Kais Saied goes on to say, “You can’t face challenges in isolation. We must combine the efforts of both countries”.
The Tunisian president, in particular, confided that the visit of President Tebboune is “historic in more ways than one”. He explained that a good number of agreements have been signed-in various fields, “particularly in the fields of health, twinning between border wilayas, broadcasting, and others, ensuring that these agreements will be implemented on the ground”.
