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Tunisia
EU and G7 ambassadors take step back from Tunis

Tunisia's Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi. © Kay Nietfeld/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom/MaxPPP

Anxious following Nadia Akacha's departure and alarmed by the announcement of the dissolution of the Supreme Judicial Council, embassies are limiting themselves to informal political consultations. President Kaïs Saïed has not managed to convince them to act otherwise. [...]

Published on 15/02/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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