Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship Jorge Marcelo Faurie highlighted the importance granted by Argentina to promoting its relations with Tunisia and strengthening bilateral co-operation especially in the agricultural, trade and pharmaceutical industry fields when received on Monday by President Beji Caid Essebsi,
Currently in a three-day working visit to Tunisia (March 31-April 2), Faurie also evoked the possibility to develop tripartite co-operation with Tunisia on the basis of opportunities available in Latin America and in Africa.
While hailing Tunisia’s democratic experience He further highlighted Argentina’s commitment to support Tunisia in international bodies especially the G20 group that Argentine holds its rotating chairmanship in 2018.
In another connection, three cooperation agreements were signed Monday between Tunisia and Argentina in the fields of culture and strategic studies.
Jointly signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Khemaïes Jhinaoui and his Argentinian counterpart Jorge Marcelo Faurie, at the end of a working session held in Tunis, these agreements provide for a programme of cooperation in the field of culture for the period 2018-2020 and a cooperation agreement in the field of cinema that was signed by Director General of the National Centre of Cinema and Image Shiraz Laatiri and Vice-president of the Argentine National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts Fernando Juan Lima.
Besides, according to a statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a cooperation agreement between the Argentine Centre for the World Economy and the Tunisian Institute for Strategic Studies (ITES) was signed.
In a statement to media, Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship Jorge Marcelo Faurie said he had discussed with his Tunisian counterpart the evolution of bilateral economic and trade cooperation and ways to identify new opportunities for cooperation to boost economic growth and generate new jobs.
“Argentina and Tunisia have a particular interest in digital technology,” he said, noting that Argentina can offer Tunisia significant opportunities, particularly in the trade sector, in sciencitific areas related to agriculture as well as in the field of health.
He also said that he and his Tunisian counterpart have defined a number of cooperation projects to be concluded by next September.
TunisianMonitorOnline (Source: TAP)