On Friday, the Secretary of State to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, Mohamed Ben Ayed, held talks with the ambassador of Japan in Tunisia, Saito Jun. The discussions focused in particular on the main upcoming bilateral milestones, especially the Tuniso-Japanese Economic Forum, scheduled to take place in Tunis on December 21 and 22, 2026.
On this occasion, the secretary of state stressed the need to properly prepare this important economic meeting in order to guarantee active and broad participation of representatives from the public and private sectors of the two countries. The objective is notably to identify new partnership and investment opportunities, as well as to strengthen economic and trade exchanges, according to a communiqué from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
This meeting also highlighted the depth of the friendship and cooperation relations between Tunisia and Japan, which are undergoing continuous development in different fields, all the more since the two countries are celebrating this year the 70th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic relations.
The two parties also reaffirmed their joint willingness to continue strengthening these relations, to diversify the areas of bilateral cooperation and to bring them to higher levels, in service of the common interests of the two countries and their friendly peoples.
