Tunis – On Thursday, January19, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, will travel to Tunis for a series of institutional meetings with the Head of State and members of the government. On arrival in the Tunisian capital, Minister Alfano will be welcomed by the Italian Ambassador in Tunis, Raimondo De Cardona, who will accompany him, together with the rest of the delegation, to the Presidency of the Republic for a meeting with president Beji Caid Essebsi. Statements are expected to be made to the press at the end of the meeting. The programme will continue with a transfer to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to meet his counterpart, Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui. A press point will take place at the end of the meeting. A working lunch will follow. Minister Alfano will then meet Tunisia’s Prime Minister, Youssef Chahed, and continue to the Bardo Museum to attend a commemoration ceremony for the victims of the terrorist attack of 18 March 2015. (9colonne)
