Former Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has been sent as an emissary to the US by President Kaïs Saïed. © William Maclean/CK/FW1/Reuters

In Focus | Tunisia
Youssef Chahed set to clear obstacles for Saied in the United States

Published on 24.01.2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 8 minutes

In an attempt to break a seemingly intractable economic deadlock amid mounting international criticism, the Tunisian president has sent his former prime minister Youssef Chahed to Washington to try and reassure his US backers. Meanwhile, a handful of Tunisian opposition organisations are in search of US support of their own to denounce what they believe was a coup d'état.

In Washington on orders from the Tunisian President Kais Saied, Youssef Chahed has been going from meeting after meeting over the past week. Time is not on his side: Tunisia's state coffers are bare and the Saied administration has so far failed to find an alternative solution to be able to meet its deadlines.

From the Capitol, to the US Treasury, the

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Youssef Chahed set to clear obstacles for Saied in the United States

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