Tunisia on Africa Day: We are working to achieve security and stability in our continent
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Tunisians Abroad stated that her country celebrates the 25th of May, along with other brotherly African countries, the Africa Day, which coincides with the anniversary of the founding fathers adopting the charter of the Organization of African Unity, in response to the aspirations of the peoples of the continent for unity, solidarity, peace, development and combating all forms of colonialism and racial discrimination.
According to the statement of the Tunisian Ministry, this celebration coincides with Africa Day this year with the adoption by the African Union of the axis “Arts, Culture and Heritage, as levers to build the Africa we want,” as it is an occasion to confirm the importance Tunisia attaches to celebrating culture as an integral part of the African identity and a tributary to strengthening rapprochement and understanding between peoples. And one of the pillars of the development project in Africa.
The Tunisian Ministry's statement stated: Tunisia renews its pride in being one of the founding countries of our regional organization, affirming its determination to continue to actively contribute to developing cooperation relations and strengthening solidarity between the countries of our continent, at the bilateral and multilateral levels, in line with the privileged position of the African continent within the priorities of Tunisian diplomacy. Since the early 1960s, Tunisia has participated in peacekeeping operations on the continent and in efforts to African economic integration, and has actively participated in various initiatives and forums aimed at strengthening political and economic partnership between the countries of the African Union and friendly countries in a way that would support the business climate and diversify the frameworks of international cooperation.
He added: Tunisia is preparing to host the 18th Francophonie Summit in November 2021, which coincides with the celebration of the Pentecostal Organization of the International Organization of la Francophonie. In 2022, our country will host the eighth session of the Tokyo International Conference for Development in Africa (TICAD 8), which is an important event for many African countries that will enable Africa to benefit economically and developmentally, especially in In the field of investment, Tunisia is looking forward to seeing these entitlements form important milestones on the road to strengthening cooperation, exploring broader horizons for partnership between African countries and consolidating the foundations of security, stability and peace for all peoples of our continent.
And the statement continued, saying: Tunisia is working today, through its non-permanent membership in the United Nations Security Council, to support all efforts aimed at achieving security and stability in our African continent. In this context, the initiatives that our country has presented, such as the Council’s adoption of Resolution 2532 (2020), which declares a humanitarian truce and considers a pandemic. Corona is a threat to international peace and security, and so is the President of the Republic chairing a high-level meeting during Tunisia's presidency of the UN Security Council in January on "the challenges of maintaining international peace and security in fragile contexts."
He continued: The Covid 19 pandemic and its negative repercussions imposed a new reality that emphasized the importance of intensifying synergies and solidarity among the countries of the continent in order to confront this epidemic. In this context, our country participated in the implementation of the "Joint African Continental Strategy for Responding to the New Coronavirus", and responded positively to the call for donations for the benefit of the African Union Fund to Combat Covid 19, on the instructions of the President of the Republic.
The ministry concluded its statement by saying: Tunisia affirms its permanent readiness to contribute to every effort aimed at strengthening joint African action and strengthening mechanisms of continental solidarity in order to achieve common African goals related to peace, security and development, and stresses in this context the importance of achieving continental economic integration, especially by supporting the trade area. The African continent, which is one of the pillars of the success of continental integration, and the necessity to win the stakes in sustainable development in line with the UN goals for the year 2030 and Africa included in the “Agenda 2063” of the African Union, in a way that contributes to embodying the hopes and aspirations of the peoples of the continent towards “the prosperous, stable and developing Africa that we all aspire to”.
