Norway has returned to Tunisia 30 coins of historical value, dating back to the Carthaginian period.
This restitution took place within the framework of an agreement signed between the Ministry of Cultural Affairs represented by the National Heritage Institute and the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo.
A ceremony to hand over these museum pieces took place yesterday, Wednesday, under the chairmanship of the Minister of Cultural Affairs, Hayet Ketat Guermazi, in the presence of the researcher at the University of Oslo and the Museum of Cultural History of the Norwegian capital, Ronald Hakon.
“Tunisia’s recovery of these coins is the fruit of the efforts made by the two Tunisian and Norwegian governments in the fight against the trafficking of cultural property”, reports the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, in a press release.
It follows a request made by the Tunisian State “for the surrender of these documents, in accordance with international treaties, in particular the UNESCO convention of 1970, concerning the measures to be taken to prohibit and prevent the importation, illicit export and transfer of ownership of cultural property”.
Ronald Hakon is charged by the Norwegian authorities with the process of restitution of the said pieces, transferred, without obtaining prior authorization.
