|
|
Tunisia: 'President Ben Ali Was Among the First Leaders to Support Mediterranean Union Project'
 |
 |
|||||||||
|
||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||
Tunisia Online (Tunis)
27 April 2008
Posted to the web 28 April 2008
Tunis
On the eve of his State visit to Tunisia , France 's President Nicolas Sarkozy "expressed his consideration and support to President Ben Ali as Tunisia has achieved an exemplary economic ad social success". He also noted that Tunisian -French relations are excellent.
Stressing the fact that an agreement "will be concluded for the first time with a Maghreb country during this visit , on the management and monitoring of emigration", President Sarkozy said that "this would create job opportunities to in France , by easy and simplified means".
Insofar as the Mediterranean Union project is concerned, President Sarkozy said that "this idea springs from a conviction that Europe 's future, and that of the southern Mediterranean , are entirely intertwined ". He also commended the efforts of President Ben Ali "who was one of the first leaders to support this project".
|
The French President further pointed out that the Mediterranean Union "does not mean the burial of the Barcelona process". He announced that the Mediterranean Union will be effectively launched during a Summit conference which he will host in Paris on July 13, 2008 , and to which he had "naturally convened President Ben Ali".
In answer to a question on the situation in the Middle East , President Sarkozy said that during its presidency of the European Union, " France would focus on the improvement of the future of Palestinians in a tangible manner".
In relation to a question on France 's Arab and African policy, the French President stressed the fact that it is based "on concrete projects which have a direct impact on people's daily lives", pointing out in this respect "the innovating partnerships with Arab countries , which France hopes to develop notably in the field of the the peaceful use of nuclear energy".
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Copyright © 2008 Tunisia Online. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections -- or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Make allAfrica.com your home page | RSS Feed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top | Site Guide | Who We Are | Advertising | Search | Subscribe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Questions or Comments? Contact us. Read our Privacy Statement. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
