Tunisia, Nigeria Lament Low Volume Of Trade

The Tunisia Foreign Affairs Tunisia, Mr Khemaies Jhinaoui has stressed the need to increase the 50 million dollars volume of trade between his country and Nigeria
Jhinaoui stated at a joint press briefing with his Nigerian counterpart Geoffrey Onyeama, after the Nigeria-Tunisia Joint Ministerial Commission in Abuja.
The Minister, who decried the current volume of trade between the two countries, said that measures were needed to be put in place  to enhance their economic and trade relations
He said that the two countries had a long term relations but the trade volume did not reflect the level of the relations.
The Minister said the two countries should explore the available potentials to make sporadic increase in  the trade and economic relation between them.
“”Fifty million dollars trade volume is below the expectation of both countries and there is need to increase it,” he said.
He stressed on the need to encourage and support the full functioning of the bilateral Chambers of Commerce and mutual participation in trade fairs and exhibitions between the two countries.