Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni is to
return to Tunis on Sunday with European Commission President
Ursula von der Leyen and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to sign
a Memorandum of Understanding with Tunisian President Kais
Saied, a Commission spokesperson said on Friday.
Meloni visited Tunis twice last month, the second time with von
der Leyen and Rutte, to pave the way for the agreement on
several issues, including migration.
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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