Day: October 30, 2017

India and Tunisia today agreed to jointly combat terrorism and extremism while ramping up cooperation in the field of security. A review of bilateral ties was undertaken as External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj co-chaired the 12th India- Tunisia Joint Commission Meeting with her Tunisian counterpart Khemaies Jhinaoui. During the meeting, the two sides also discussed regional and international issues of mutual interest. Six agreements in the fields of judicial cooperation, cooperation in youth issues, information and communications technology, trade and business, were also signed. To give a new impetus to…

President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani reiterated, Monday morning, at the House of People’s Representative, Europe’s commitment to security cooperation between the two shores of the Mediterranean, underlining the important geopolitical role played by Tunisia in the fight against terrorism. He recalled that one of the first setbacks suffered by the terrorist organisation “Daech” intervened in southern Tunisia in the Ben Guerdane delegation in March 2016. Tajani stressed the need to work for the stabilisation of Libya, commending the initiative of President Béji Caïd Essebsi for a comprehensive political…

The heated discussions on amnesty reflected two vying visions of how to deal with the past. Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi has signed into law an amnesty measure benefiting Ben Ali-era civil servants, ending a long, heated debate about the legislation. The bill had been initiated by Caid Essebsi to energise growth and shore up political stability. Dubbed the “administrative recon­ciliation law,” the legislation grants amnesty to senior civil servants from the government of former President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, who assumed the presidency in November 1987 and was toppled…