PAM mission to Tunisia

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MEDIA INFORMATION: 09/2011
ISSUED ON: 15/03/2011

A delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean, composed of Hon. Askin

Asan (Turkey), PAM Vice-President, Hon. Rudy Salles (France), PAM Honorary President, and

Dr. Sergio Piazzi, PAM Secretary General, has paid a visit to Tunisia on 13-14 March, 2011. It

was the first trip in a series of missions, that PAM has programmed for the coming weeks in the

region, including Egypt and Libya, following the events that have taken place in these countries.

In Tunis, meetings were held with the President of the Republic, H.E. Foued Mebazaa, and the

State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, H.E. Radhouane Nouicer. The PAM delegation and the

Tunisian authorities discussed the current process of political transformation in the Maghreb

country and in the region in general. Discussions also touched upon the work of the High

Committee and the National Commissions, whose work will lead to the election of the

Constituent Assembly on 24 July 2011. The Tunisian Head of State and the State Secretary

expressed their interest in working in close liaison with the Parliamentary Assembly of the

Mediterranean, and they also showed their appreciation to any support PAM can provide both in

connection with the current process, and through a monitoring mission in the future, when new

elections are held.

Current issues were also at the centre of discussions the PAM representatives had with two of the

members of the Tunisian Parliaments Delegation to PAM, namely Hon. Houda Bizid Blaeich

(PAM Vice-President) and Hon. Ridha Bouargoub, as well as the Ambassadors of Turkey and

France in Tunisia, and representatives of the Civil Society.

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