Today, the Kazan Kremlin hosted a meeting between Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Tunisian Republic to Russia Tarak Ben Salem. The meeting was also attended by Ambassador-at-Large at the Russian Foreign Ministry Oleg Ozerov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov. The Tunisian delegation arrived in Kazan to participate in the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum taking place these days at the Kazan Federal University.
Tunisia is an important partner of the Russian Federation. President Minnikhanov highly assessed the prospects for the development of cooperation between Tatarstan and Tunisia. The republic is ready to expand export supplies of petrochemicals and engineering products, automotive tyres, compressors, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, and agricultural products. In turn, Tatarstan is interested in counter deliveries from Tunisia of fruits, seafood, light industry goods, and other products.
Today, the level of trade between Tatarstan and Tunisia is still low, about US$ 5 million. “This figure clearly does not correspond to the available opportunities. Here we need to strengthen our joint work”, the Tatarstan President said.
In turn, Tarak Ben Salem thanked Tatarstan leaders for their attention to Tunisia and interest in cooperation. The Ambassador expressed his readiness to provide full assistance in the development of trade, economic, and humanitarian relations.