Tunisia (Tunis) – Tunisia’s Tourism Minister Slim Tlatli had a meeting with Mr. Zafar Caglayan, Turkish State Minister for Foreign Trade, which turned on reviewing bilateral co-operation, Global Arab Network reports according to state-run Tunisian News Agency (TAP).
The two sides highlighted joint will to hoist economic relations to the level of their political relations and the cultural and historic affinities binding the two countries.
Mr. Slim Tlatli briefed his guest on Tunisia’s tourist sector and its objectives for the next five-year period, in light of the new development strategy ordered by the Head of State, stressing Tunisia’s will to further strengthen co- operation with Turkey, notably regarding reinforcement of tourist flow, management of the sector and vocational training in this field.
For his part, Mr. Caglayan indicated that the quality of bilateral relations militates in favour of a more important economic and tourist co-operation, specifying that it falls on the two countries’ economic operators to explore the best ways that would ensure a mutually fruitful co-operation.
It is worth reminding that Tunisia annually receives 14,000 Turkish tourists, while 29,000 Tunisian holiday-makers visit Turkey each year .
On the other hand, TAP reported that Co-operation between Tunisia and Turkey and means to strengthen it were the focus of the talk that Development and International Co-operation Minister Mohamed Nouri Jouini had, on Thursday with Turkish State Minister for Foreign Trade Zafar Caglayan. The talk provided the opportunity to point up the importance to hoist co-operation to higher levels, qualitatively and quantitatively.
Mr. Mohamed Nouri Jouini stressed the similarity of the two countries’ economic policies characterised by their openness and efficiency. Such a convergence, he said, is a stimulus to intensify partnership between the two countries’ businessmen, underlining that Tunisia wishes to attract larger number of Turkish investors, particularly in the buoyant sectors.
For his part, Mr. Zafar Caglayan commended the level of bilateral relations, underscoring the opportunities of the two countries, notably in the fields of trade, investment and creation of joint projects.
The Turkish minister specified that the strong participation of the two countries’ businessmen in the second Partnership Council’s meeting illustrates the two sides’ will to entrench and diversify co-operation in the two countries’ interest.
(TAP)
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