President Ben Ali reasserts the need to consolidate the foundations of the Union for the Mediterranean
Tunis, June 10, 2008 (TunisiaOnline)-President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali reasserted on Tuesday the need to consolidate the foundations of the Union for the Mediterranean, and to make it an area of dialogue, partnership and solidarity based development, as well as a haven for peace, security and stability.
The statement was made in Tripoli where the Tunisian President took part in a consultation Summit on the Union for the Mediterranean which gathered Libya's Leader, Moammar Kadhafi, as well as Presidents Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria, Sidi Mohamed Ould Sheikh Abdellahi of Mauritania, Bachar El Assad of Syria and the Moroccan Prime Minister, Abbas Fessi.
On July 2008, Paris will host the Summit of Heads of States of the Union for the Mediterranean, under the chairmanship of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who initiated the idea of a Union for the Mediterranean .
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