Tunisian FM meets with UNGA chief in New York

TUNIS, Sept 22 2017: Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui met on Friday with Miroslav Lajcak, the new Slovak UN General Assembly President, on the sidelines of the 72nd UN General Assembly meetings in New York.

Jhinaoui voiced appreciation to the role of the UN which remains to be the best framework for tackling international critical issues including peace, security, development and immigration.

The Tunisian top diplomat invited the new UNGA president to visit Tunisia in order to stand on the developments and reforms achieved in the path of democratic transition since 2011.

Lajcak lauded the progress achieved by Tunisia regarding democratization and urged it to support his program during his term in the UN including issuing the Global Compact on Migration 2018 and holding high level conference on peace building and preventive efforts.