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Tunisia
Kais Saied in Brussels to resume talks with EU partners

Tunisian president Kais Saied is leaving the country for the first time in several months to attend the EU-AU summit. The political and economic situation in Tunisia is deteriorating and he is keen to exit the diplomatic isolation which his coup of 25 July last year has placed him in. [...]

Published on 17/02/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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German President tries to re-establish contact between Kais Saied and G7 countries

The EU and the ambassadors of the G7 countries are trying to arrange a joint meeting with Tunisian president Kais Saied to preserve contact with Carthage Palace while the head of state is in the process of finalising the draft of the new constitution.

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Khalil Tazarki and Mustapha Nebli clear path in Strasbourg before MEP visit

MEPs are meeting with President Kais Saied and leading political figures in Tunis this week. In anticipation of their trip, two diplomats - the director general for Europe Khalil Tazarki and Mustapha Nebli, a former member of the president's cabinet - were in Strasbourg to clear the air.

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MEP's Tunis trip postponed after Saïed's visit to Brussels

A delegation of European Parliament members had been due to visit Tunis shortly to meet Kaïs Saïed and Rached Ghannouchi but their trip has been put back indefinitely. This follows the tensions created by Saïed's participation in the EU-AU summit in Brussels on 17 and 18 February.

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The Tunisian Head of State, Kaïs Saïed, speaking at the 6th Summit between the European Union and the African Union, on 18 February, in Brussels.

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EU and G7 ambassadors take step back from Tunis

Anxious following Nadia Akacha's departure and alarmed by the announcement of the dissolution of the Supreme Judicial Council, embassies are limiting themselves to informal political consultations. President Kaïs Saïed has not managed to convince them to act otherwise.

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Tunisia's Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi.

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Paris sends its Treasury chief Emmanuel Moulin on special mission to Tunis

The French Treasury head has reiterated France's support for the reforms Tunis must undertake in order to secure IMF loans. Moulin also chairs the Paris Club of international creditors, and while he did not travel in that capacity, the restructuring of Tunisia's debt seems to be on the cards.

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Emmanuel Moulin, head of the French Treasury and president of the Club de Paris.

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How Charfeddine managed to get rid of Nadia Akacha

With the departure of Nadia Akacha, the quarrel between two factions has ended in victory for Minister of the Interior Taoufik Charfeddine. For months, he has been trying to remove his rivals.

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Tunisian interior minister Taoufik Charfeddine.

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Kais Saied still without European affairs adviser in his battle with Brussels

For several weeks now the Tunisian government has been without a representative in its talks with the European Union, its former adviser on European affairs having returned to the corridors of the foreign ministry.

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Tunisia
Kais Saied in Brussels to resume talks with EU partners

Tunisia
German President tries to re-establish contact between Kais Saied and G7 countries

Tunisia
Khalil Tazarki and Mustapha Nebli clear path in Strasbourg before MEP visit

Tunisia
MEP's Tunis trip postponed after Saïed's visit to Brussels

Tunisia
EU and G7 ambassadors take step back from Tunis

Tunisia
Paris sends its Treasury chief Emmanuel Moulin on special mission to Tunis

Tunisia
How Charfeddine managed to get rid of Nadia Akacha

Tunisia
Kais Saied still without European affairs adviser in his battle with Brussels