KASBAH (TAP) - Interim Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa received, on Thursday, Italian Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti.
At the end of the talk, the Italian official said she discussed with the interim Premier the visit which Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi paid, last March 4, to Tunisia one month after taking up office.
She also laid emphasis on the importance of "the long-standing" friendship relations binding the two countries and said the talk mainly focused on security.
The co-operation accord on maritime security concluded between Tunisia and Italy is a "model agreement," Pinotti highlighted. In this connection, she underlined that the two countries are working in concert to step up security cooperation.
"We are following with interest the efforts expended by the Tunisian Government in security and fight against terrorism," which are also a concern for Italy, the minister indicated.
The 15th Tunisia-Italy Joint Military Commission meeting closed on Thursday; the two-day works were co-chaired by National Defence Minister Ghazi Jribi and his Italian counterpart Roberta Pinotti.
At the second day of the joint commission's work, the Tunisian flag was raised by patrol vessels "Al-Jala" and "Remada" donated by the Italian side to Tunisia to strengthen the operational capacity of the national navy, said a Defence Ministry press release on Thursday.
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