The Italian Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto, was in Tunis this Tuesday, April 23. A visit comes as relations between the two countries have experienced a notable warming in recent days. On the menu, are military cooperation and border surveillance.
The Italian Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto, was in Tunis this Tuesday, April 23. A visit comes as relations between the two countries have experienced a notable warming in recent days. On the menu, are military cooperation and border surveillance.
The ballet of Italian ministers in Tunis continues. After that of the Interior, Higher Education and after Giorgia Meloni, President of the Italian Council, last week, it was the turn of Guido Crosetto, Minister of Defense, to make a detour to Tunis.
Less than two months before the European elections and while Tunisia was last year the first point of departure for migrants to Europe, the Italians intend to improve their relations with their neighbor.
After other members of the government promised visas and aid to businesses and universities, the Italian Minister of Defense came to talk about illegal immigration and the fight against smuggling networks.
Italy, which signed a military agreement with Tunisia on the occasion of the minister’s visit, is ready to take out the wallet to carry out its rapprochement with Tunis. Exchanges of information, sharing of satellite data, joint naval or air force exercises, transfers of skills, supply of equipment, etc.
The said agreement provides for around fifty partnerships in the field of defense between the two countries. The security of the Mediterranean and Sahelian region “depends on this cooperation”, according to the Italian minister.