The Tunisian presidency said on Sunday Saudi Arabia vowed to aid Tunisia, in its political and health crisis, following a visit by the State Minister for African Affairs Ahmed Abdul Aziz Kattan to Tunisia.
Kattan, received by President Kais Saied at Carthage Palace Sunday, and conveyed to him a letter from Ryiad vowing ‘continued support in these difficult political, economic and health crises faced by Tunisia.”
The statement did detail the sort of assistance Saudi Arabia could hand to Tunisia.
A previous visit by Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud made the similar remarks during his meeting with Saied in Tunisian capital Tunis.
Saied dissolved last month parliament, dismissed the prime minister, and became the country’s chief executive, in what has cast doubt over the North African Republic’s shaky democracy.
Saied summoned up article 80 of the 2014 constitution, which allows the president to take exceptional measures in times of “imminent danger threatening the nation’s institutions, security or independence.” Restrained in time, such measures, though not explicitly worded in the constitution, can only be enforced for 30 days.
The international community adopted a wait and see strategy over Tunisia’s political storm, with the US, the EU and Germany calling for order and calm.
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