Tunisia, Libya agree on joint projects (Magharebia.com)

Tunisia, Libya agree on joint projects (Magharebia.com): "Tunisia, Libya agree on joint projects

2010-11-07

In what some view as an important step towards Maghreb unity, Tunisia and Libya reached an agreement to lift restrictions on movement of travellers and goods.

By Jamel Arfaoui for Magharebia in Tunis - 07/11/10

Tunisian traders and families travelling to Libya may now breathe a sigh of relief as the two countries agreed October 30th to remove all administrative and financial obstacles that hinder the movement of goods and people.

The Tunisian-Libyan High Joint Executive Committee session headed by Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi and his visiting Libyan counterpart, Al-Baghdadi Ali Al-Mahmoudi, also discussed the creation of a free economic zone between Ben Guerdane in Tunisia and Libya's Ras-Jedir border development area."