Italy / Cooperation: €73 million for SMEs in Tunisia

By Italy - Ministry of Foreign Affairs

ROME, Italy, November 29, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- New Italian projects to help support Tunisia's economy, with a credit line of €73 million for SMEs. A protocol agreement was signed today in Tunisia by Italian ambassador Pietro Benassi and Tunisian Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Khemaies Jhinaoui. This line of credit, for which the Italian government agreed to make a large donation, is the eighth extended by the Italian Cooperation to SMEs in Tunisia.