A MoU signing inside the presence of vice president Hamid Ansari and Tunisian top Minister Habib Essid after the bilateral assembly at PMs office in Tunisia on Thursday. (PTI picture)
TUNIS, TUNISIA: so as to boom mutual cooperation, India and Tunisia on Thursday signed two MoUs onpromoting of handicrafts and IT and verbal exchange and virtual economy as vp Hamid Ansari met Tunisian prime Minister Habib Essid and discussed quite a number problems of mutual and regionalhobbies.
the 2 sides also discussed the issue of spreading tide of extremism and terrorism which is a threat eachface, vice chairman Hamid Ansari stated even as making the joint press declaration with Tunisia highMinister Habib Essid.
“efficiently coping with such threats requires strong cooperation amongst like-minded companions,” hestated.
Mr Ansari said, “we have mentioned the problems related to preventing this task and decided toenhance our cooperation inside the field of counter terrorism”.
two MoUs – one on conventional handicraft promotion and different on IT and digital economy – have been signed after Mr Ansari and Mr Essid held one-on-one talks which were observed through the delegation-level talks among the 2 aspects.
on the joint press briefing by using Mr Ansari and Mr Essid, Tunisia announced signing of two agreementswhile the vice chairman used the term MoU.
India can even educate 350 Tunisian college students in next five years, Mr Ansari said adding “we canbe satisfied to acquire 350 Tunisian college students for training in our institutions in specific streams as our guests over the next 5 years”.
“we have additionally signed memorandum of understanding for collaboration in IT and promotional ofconventional handicrafts,” he stated.
the 2 sides will promote every different‘s conventional handicraft and increase mutual cooperation inside the IT and related sectors, inclusive of virtual economy.
Mr Ansari stated that their discussion on bilateral members of the family focussed on ongoing monetarypartnership and on incorporating newer areas of collaboration in information generation and training.
The vp said, “I had huge discussions overlaying the complete gamut of our bilateral members of the family in addition to on worldwide troubles of mutual challenge with high Minister Essid”.
“I conveyed to him the felicitations of the human beings of India and via him to the human beings of Tunisia on the a success transformation of Tunisia right into a colourful multi-birthday party democracy and conveyed our proper desires for its endured achievement,” he said.
Mr Ansari said liked Tunisia’s aid for India’s candidature to the UN security Council.
“We tremendously appreciate Tunisia’s assist for India’s candidature to the accelerated Unitedinternational locations protection Council,” he brought.
speaking at the joint press briefing, Mr Essid stated, “Our family members are very sturdy, our views arecomparable“.
“we have members of the family with India in diverse fields along with auto–quarter, agriculture and otherfields,” Mr Essid said.
He said, “We also appreciate India’s progress within the IT region and we can have cooperation with India on this sector“.
He said that the meeting of the India-Tunisia Joint Committee could be held later this yr.
“The go to of the vice president comes before the meeting of the Joint Committee. The present daymeetings have paved the approaches for figuring out keys areas of cooperation and enhance similarly on our members of the family with India,” he stated.
He stated that one of the critical troubles of today become tourism.
“we will training session a mechanism on the Joint Committee meeting for promoting tourism,” Tunisianprime Minister stated.
The vice president also visited Zaitouna Mosque, Bardo Museum and the residence of Representatives.
Zaitouna Mosque is the oldest one in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, and covers a place of 5,000 squaremetres.
It has 160 genuine columns brought at first from the ruins of the vintage town of Carthage.
Mr Ansari will meet Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi day after today and deliver a keynote address at Dar Al Dhiyafa.
in advance, Mr Ansari, followed with the aid of his wife Salma, arrived in Tunisia from Morocco on the very last leg of his two–nation experience.
He turned into received on the airport by using Mr Essid.
