Tunisia and France sign maritime agreement

with L’Office de la Marine Marchande et des Ports (Tunisia) to replace the six old ones acquired in 1980 and 1990. Another credit agreement worth €40 million ($48.51 million) was signed to finance a Tunisian program in developing resilience capacities to natural disasters. A partnership agreement was concluded between the Tunisian National Company for Water Exploitation and Distribution and French Development Agency, aiming to improve the industrial and environmental performance of two desalination stations in southeastern Tunisia with a budget of €202,000 ($244,973). Leading a high-level delegation, the French prime minister started Wednesday a two-day official visit to Tunisia to attend the third joint High Council of Cooperation. Copyright (C) PortSEurope. All Rights Reserved. 2021.