Political reforms and negotiations with the IMF in the background
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Tunisians Abroad, Othman Jerandi, received on Tuesday the new Dutch Ambassador to Tunisia, Joséphine Barbara Frantzen, who gave him a copy of her credentials as Ambassador of the Netherlands in Tunis.
This is what emerges from a press release published by the department and relayed by the Tunis Afrique Presse agency (TAP/official).
The meeting focused on cooperation between Tunisia and the Netherlands and the means of promoting and diversifying it to extend it to promising sectors. The meeting was also an opportunity to reaffirm the need to make the best use of upcoming bilateral events, in particular the eighth session of Tunisian-Dutch political consultations.
Jerandi stressed the importance that Tunisia attaches to the Dutch side continuing its support for Tunisia at the bilateral and European levels, reaffirming that the option of reform is an irreversible choice based on a participatory process. between the government and national organizations so as to strengthen Tunisia’s position during the ongoing negotiations with the IMF and enable it to face the economic and social challenges facing the country.
Furthermore, Jerandi informed the Ambassador of the Netherlands of the progress made in the reform process in Tunisia, which aims, according to him, to establish the principles of the rule of law and governance, as well as to the establishment of effective democratic institutions in line with the aspirations of Tunisians, according to the press release.
For her part, the Dutch ambassador expressed her desire to further develop the relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries in various fields, within the framework of the regional development cooperation program established by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. for the benefit of North Africa in the areas of youth empowerment, employment, sustainable development, social cohesion and migration.
Ambassador Frantzen expressed her country’s readiness to work more to multiply high-level visits between the two parties in order to strengthen the dynamics of bilateral relations and explore new opportunities for Tunisian-Dutch partnership.
The meeting was also an opportunity for the two parties to discuss a number of regional and international issues of common interest, in particular the issue of food and energy security against the backdrop of the Russian-Ukrainian war and the need to combine concerted international efforts to identify collective solutions to the challenges posed, the same source reads.
