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Tunisia and UK prepare fourth partnership council

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Tunisia and the United Kingdom want to strengthen cooperation in trade, investment, tourism, agriculture, education and security. Tunisian Secretary of State Mohamed Ben Ayed and British ambassador Roderick Drummond also prepared the fourth session of the Tunisian-British Partnership Council, according to a statement from Tunisia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Tunisia and the United Kingdom began preparations for the fourth session of their bilateral Partnership Council at a meeting held on Friday 23 October in Tunis between Mohamed Ben Ayed, Tunisia’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Roderick Drummond, the British ambassador to Tunisia, according to a statement from Tunisia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The two officials identified trade, investment, tourism, agriculture, education and security as priority areas for cooperation. They also stressed support for capacity-building programmes and skills development for young Tunisians, according to Tunisia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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