A Tunisian government agency announced that it would send an economic mission to Libya next March as part of a special program that would explore opportunities for partnership and integration between the two countries in order to enter African markets.
The economic mission aims to hold direct meetings with Libyan economic actors in Tripoli on March 6 and 7, the Tunisian Export Promotion Center announced in a statement on Tuesday, adding that the mission included a group of corporations working in the field of food industries, as well as construction companies, general contracting, health, packaging and international trade companies.
The center proposed a special program for each institution wishing to participate in the mission, in addition to organizing an economic forum on the topic of “partnership and economic integration between Tunisia and Libya in order to access international markets.”
The mission's program includes pushing for tripartite agreements that bring together Tunisian, Libyan and African institutions, as well as organizing field visits.
On November 26, the Export Promotion Center signed a memorandum of understanding with the Libyan Export Development Center regarding defining a joint action plan program for 2023 with the aim of developing intra-trade relations and commercial exchanges between Libya and Tunisia.
Tunisia and Libya are counting on breaking into African markets through Niger, as the head of the Tunisian-African Business Council, Anis Jaziri, said that the council will take a number of important steps, including organizing a major demonstration among Tunisia, Libya and Niger.
Jaziri revealed to reporters on the sidelines of the first session of the Tunisian-Libyan Exhibition for Trade and Industry in Misrata last January that this event is expected to be organized in Niger's capital, Niamey, at the end of 2023 or the beginning of 2024 at the latest.
He said that one of the most important challenges that the Tunisian African Business Council is working to resolve on the ground is the completion of the asphalt road linking Tamanhint, Sabha and Agadez, in northern Niger, and thus securing the Libyan border with Niger.
