The Embassy of Tunisia will hold an economic forum with Nigeria in Abuja from September 6 to 9, 2024 to boost trade relations between the two countries, according to DailyTrust
The Ambassador of Tunisia to Nigeria, Mohsen Antit, disclosed this during a parley with diplomatic journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, said the same source.
“First of all, it was agreed to organize the Multilateral Economic Forum, which will be held from September 6 to 9, 2024, under the supervision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, which is expected to give a new impetus and diversify the economic and political relations between the two countries.
“The organization of this forum in Nigeria is in itself part of the framework to give a new impetus to relations with Nigeria,” he was quoted as saying.
He said the Forum is the second lap of the Financing Investment Trade Africa (FITA) held in June 2024 in Tunisia where 35 companies from Nigeria were in attendance.
“For the first time, a delegation from Nigeria made up of more than 35 businessmen and CEOs went to Tunisia in order to participate in the FITA.
It was so successful, so many contracts were signed between firms, and things are going for the best.
“Today, we are organizing the reverse, a big delegation made up of more than 20 businessmen will come to Nigeria in Abuja for the organization of the Multi-sectoral Economic Forum, which falls within the framework of keenness to strengthen bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries in the economic and investment fields.
“The Tunisian delegation that will participate in the forum is the first of its kind and in its size from Tunisia to Nigeria,” he said.
