ContractDecember 28th, 2020
FiledDecember 28th, 2020Italy and Tunisia enjoy a long lasting diplomatic relationship. The first Economic and Technical Cooperation agreement was signed in 1961, and it was followed by many other agreements covering many areas of cooperation, i.e. culture, scientific partnership, tourism. In 1991 the Convention on military cooperation was signed between the parties, and then ratified only in 1998, in conjunction with the adoption of an Executive Protocol on military operations. The relevance of the latter is found in its detailed nature, as the objectives laid down go beyond the general terms provided by the military Convention of 1991. Of particular interest is the cooperation of military operation and rescue at sea (the so-called tactical SAR). After the adoption of the Note Verbale (1998), two other migration-related agreements were concluded with Tunisia.