Algerian President in 1st State Visit to Tunisia in 11 Years

A handout picture provided by the Tunisian Presidency Press Service shows Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (R) meeting with his Tunisian counterpart Kais Saied in the capital Algiers on February 2. AFP
A handout picture provided by the Tunisian Presidency Press Service shows Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (R) meeting with his Tunisian counterpart Kais Saied in the capital Algiers on February 2. AFP
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Algerian President in 1st State Visit to Tunisia in 11 Years

A handout picture provided by the Tunisian Presidency Press Service shows Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (R) meeting with his Tunisian counterpart Kais Saied in the capital Algiers on February 2. AFP
A handout picture provided by the Tunisian Presidency Press Service shows Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (R) meeting with his Tunisian counterpart Kais Saied in the capital Algiers on February 2. AFP

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is scheduled to make a two-day trip to Tunisia on Monday, the first visit of an Algerian head of state to the country in 11 years.

El Khabar Algerian newspaper revealed on its website that Tebboune’s visit to Tunisia at the head of a ministerial delegation aims to resolve obstacles to the implementation of some agreements especially those on free trade in three regions.

The newspaper added that the Tunisian presidency is making detailed arrangements to guarantee the success of the state visit.

Tunisia pins high hopes that this visit would reach a breakthrough in bilateral ties and create prospects for economic cooperation as well as reinforce security coordination against terrorism.

Tunisian President Kais Saied visited Algeria on Feb. 4.

In other news, the first coordination meeting was held Wednesday between Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh and Rached Ghannouchi, the head of Ennahda party.

It resulted in forming a joint team to prioritize the draft-laws submitted to the parliament.

Around 60 draft-laws on social and economic affairs haven't yet been adopted.



UN Expert Asks States to Cut Trade Ties with Israel over Gaza Situation

FILED - 19 February 2025, Berlin: Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, speaks during a relocated and event at bUm - Raum für solidarisches Miteinander in Berlin's Kreuzberg district. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa
FILED - 19 February 2025, Berlin: Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, speaks during a relocated and event at bUm - Raum für solidarisches Miteinander in Berlin's Kreuzberg district. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa
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UN Expert Asks States to Cut Trade Ties with Israel over Gaza Situation

FILED - 19 February 2025, Berlin: Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, speaks during a relocated and event at bUm - Raum für solidarisches Miteinander in Berlin's Kreuzberg district. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa
FILED - 19 February 2025, Berlin: Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, speaks during a relocated and event at bUm - Raum für solidarisches Miteinander in Berlin's Kreuzberg district. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa

A UN expert on Thursday called on states to impose an arms embargo and cut off trade and financial ties with Israel, which she alleged is waging a "genocidal campaign" in Gaza.

In a speech to the UN Human Rights Council presenting her latest report, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese accused Israel of being responsible for "one of the cruelest genocides in modern history".

Israel has rejected accusations of genocide in Gaza, citing its right to self-defense following the deadly October 7, 2023, Hamas attack.