The Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company has expressed its thanks and appreciation for the assistance and support provided by the General Electricity Company of Libya during the exceptional circumstance that the Tunisian electrical grid went through in the past days, which led to complete blackout of the entire country.

The company explained in a statement that the Libyan support contributed to overcoming the crisis in record time and with minimal damage. 

“We assure you of our continued determination to strengthen the cooperation relations between our two companies in order to achieve the desired goals and achieve prosperity and progress for the energy sector in our two brotherly countries”, it added.

Tunisia witnessed a complete blackout at dawn on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, due to a technical malfunction in the main generator.