Tunisia’s Ghannouchi receives Western officials

The Head of Tunisia’s Ennahda movement Sheikh Rashid Ghannouchi has met with US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the former President of the European Parliament and Envoy to Tunisia Enrique Baron Crespo.

Ghannouchi said in a post on his official Facebook page on Sunday that Crespo praised the Tunisian democratic experience and expressed full readiness to help Tunisia achieve economic transition and respond to the people’s demands to improve the standard of living.

Crespo said the European Parliament intends to organise “Tunisia Week”, which will include several events and convince investors to invest in Tunisia.

Earlier on Friday, Ghannouchi met with US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his visit to Tunisia which comes as part of a tour to the Maghreb countries.

According to Ghannouchi’s post, Blinken stressed his country’s desire to strengthen cooperation with Tunisia, especially in the economic field.