Tunis — A framework agreement was signed between the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) and the General Labour Confederation (CGT), Friday in Toulouse, on the fringes of the Congress of the French Trade Union Organisation to develop union relations in the interest of the two countries' workers.

According to a statement published Saturday by UGTT, the agreement signed by UGTT Secretary-General Hassine Abassi and CGT Secretary-General Thierry Lepaon provides for strengthening the bilateral contribution to decent labour promotion and social progress and carry on boosting co-operation between the two organisations on the confederal as well as territorial and professional levels...