Saudi Arabia Pledges to Provide Support for Tunisia, Tunisian Presidency Says

A Saudi Arabian national flag flies in a city square in Buraidah, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday, Aug. 4. 2019. Saudi Arabia has been draining its reserves to cover social spending amid low oil prices. Photographer: Tasneem Alsultan/Bloomberg via Getty Images
A Saudi Arabian national flag flies in a city square in Buraidah, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday, Aug. 4. 2019. Saudi Arabia has been draining its reserves to cover social spending amid low oil prices. Photographer: Tasneem Alsultan/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Saudi Arabia Pledges to Provide Support for Tunisia, Tunisian Presidency Says

Saudi Arabia pledged on Sunday to provide the necessary support for Tunisia, which is suffering a political, economic, and health crisis, the Tunisian presidency said on Sunday.

Saudi State Minister for African Affairs Ahmed Abdul Aziz Kattan met President Kais Saied in Tunis and senior officials held talks afterward to discuss cooperation, the presidency said in a statement.

Saied last month dismissed the prime minister, froze parliament, and assumed executive authority in a sudden intervention that his Islamist opponents have labeled a coup but that he said was necessary to save the country from collapse.

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