The trade level increased between Russia and Tunis during the year 2022 by 63% throughout the last ten months reaching $692 million.

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Edited by | Hue Gey
Economic section CJ editor
-12- Feb.- 2023

Tunisia

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       Russian Ambassador to Tunisia Alexander Zolotov told the Sputnik agency that the level of economic cooperation between Tunisia and Russia increased in the last ten months to 2022 with 63%.
reaching $692 million, despite all the western pressure and the well-known artificial obstacles.
The Russian diplomat added that the growth in trade "is a clear example of the ability to successfully interact in the current difficult world situation."
Moreover, trade between the two countries is expected to increase further, since many Tunisian goods, in particular from the food and textile industries, are competitive and can replace the products of European countries on the Russian market, Zolotov told Sputnik.
The diplomat noted that in December last year, a meeting of the co-chairs of the Russian-Tunisian Intergovernmental Committee on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation was held with the participation of the Russian Minister of Labor and Social Protection Anton Olegovich Kotyakov. During the meeting, it was decided to agree on a program to develop concrete steps to improve the effectiveness of the partnership between the two countries.
"In the upcoming contacts, the possibility of improving logistical services for import and export exchange and expanding the scope of supplies will be discussed," he added.
Russia and Tunisia are also "actively" cooperating in the field of manned space flights and training the first female cosmonaut from Africa and Tunisia.
"The launch of the first Tunisian satellite by a Russian launch vehicle in 2021 and plans to send a Tunisian female cosmonaut to the International Space Station (ISS) by the Soyuz spacecraft open up good prospects for joint science-intensive projects," the ambassador noted.