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Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni
returned to Tunis on Sunday together with European Commission
President Ursula von der Leyen and Dutch Prime Minister Mark
Rutte for a meeting with Tunisian President Kais Saied.
The European leaders hope to sign off on an EU-Tunisia
Memorandum of Understanding regarding several areas, including
migration.
Meloni visited Tunis twice last month, the second time with von
der Leyen and Rutte, to pave the way for an agreement.
The EU has promised a major investment package and diplomatic
efforts to help Tunisia land a loan from the IMF to enable it to
ease its severe financial crisis and avert the risk of a
default.
The unstable situation in the North African country has been a
major factor in a huge increase in the number of migrants coming
to Italy from across the Mediterranean this year.
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