Tunisian president urges accelerating implementation of bilateral entitlements with Egypt

CAIRO – 10 April 2021: Tunisian President Kais Saied highlighted the need of accelerating the implementation of bilateral entitlements with Egypt, as he met on Saturday with Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli.

Saied has started a three-day official visit to Egypt starting Friday, his first to the country as president. He held talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Saturday.

Saied called for implementing the entitlements between Egypt and Tunisia, foremost of which is the supreme committee and the political consultation committee to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the cooperation and partnership frameworks between the two countries.

The committee shall also formulate new approaches that boost the Egyptian-Tunisian relations and achieve the aspiration of the two countries’ peoples in stability and development, Saied said.

Saied highlighted the mutual values and goals as well as the promising opportunities of cooperation between Egypt and Tunisia.

Madbouli, for his part, hailed the Tunisian stances supporting Egypt and affirmed Egyptian readiness to boost brotherly relations and cooperation with Tunisia.

Saied visited the Museum of Civilizations and other cultural landmarks in Cairo on Friday.

In a conference between Saied and Sisi after their talks, they announced 2021 as the Egyptian-Tunisian year of culture to reflect common history.

They both agreed on “countering all terrorist organizations without exceptions, undermining their abilities to recruit new elements, and drying up the sources of their funding.”