Morocco And Tunisia Express Resolve To Boost Economic Exchanges Morocco and Tunisia
expressed on Thursday
shared will to give new impetus to their economic cooperation and trade and bring it to the level
of the bilateral exemplary political ties
Talking at the opening of the Moroccan-Tunisian economic forum, held in the Tunisian capital
prior to the official visit that HM King Mohammed VI will be paying to this country starting on
Friday, Moroccan minister of Industry, trade, investment and digital economy, Moulay Hafid
ElAlamy, and Tunisian minister of industry, energy and mining, Kamal Ben Naceur, took the floor
to reaffirm the shared will of the two countries
Stressing that the forum is held in an international and regional context of major economic and
social hardships, the Moroccan official called the two countries to establish “strong and lasting
partnership” in order to generate more growth, reduce unemployment, and meet social
aspirations
After recalling the strong bonds uniting the two Maghreban countries, El Alamy deplored the low
level of economic exchanges
Tunisia is Morocco’s 35th customer and 31st supplier with a general volume of exchanges hardly
reaching, in 2013, 2.58 billion Dirhams
The Moroccan minister urged for seizing the visit of HM King Mohammed VI to Tunisia to boost
economic ties, through a renovated and long-term approach driven by a pragmatic win-win partnership
He also urged for moving forward in regional integration which, he said, might start with the
integration of the Moroccan and Tunisian financial markets
The same opinion was shared by the Tunisian official who called for joining efforts to improve
trade between the two countries, pointing out that Morocco and Tunisia are both willing to
increase the level of exchanges from 1pc of their global exchanges presently to 10pc
He stated that his country plans to carry on efforts to improve its institutional framework in order
to stimulate investments between the two countries
Over 200 Moroccan and Tunisian business operators participated in the economic forum
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