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Tunisia denounces Turkish "interference" after Erdogan's remarks

2022-04-06T10:38:55.485Z


The Tunisian authorities announced on Wednesday April 6 that they had summoned the Turkish ambassador to Tunis to protest against what they consider...


The Tunisian authorities announced on Wednesday April 6 that they had summoned the Turkish ambassador to Tunis to protest against what they consider Turkish "

interference

" after remarks by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticizing the dissolution of the Tunisian Parliament.

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Tunisian President Kais Saied announced on March 30 the dissolution of Parliament eight months after suspending it to assume full powers in July 2021, shaking the democratic experience in the country, the cradle of the Arab Spring.

The Assembly was dominated by Ennahdha, an Islamic-conservative party close to that in power in Turkey and from which Recep Tayyip Erdogan came.

“Refusal of any interference”

In statements on Monday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the dissolution of the Tunisian parliament a "

blow to the will of the Tunisian people

" and a "

stain on democracy

".

These remarks clearly aroused the ire of the Tunisian president, of whom Ennahdha is the pet peeve, who underlined, when receiving his head of diplomacy Othman Jerandi on Tuesday, his "

refusal of any interference in any form whatsoever

" in Tunisian affairs, according to a press release from the presidency which did not directly refer to statements by Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

On Tuesday evening, the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a press release in which it expressed its "

astonishment

" at Recep Tayyip Erdogan's statements, describing them as "

unacceptable interference in the internal affairs

" of Tunisia.

In a second statement issued early Wednesday, Tunisian diplomacy said that Mr. Jerandi spoke on the phone on Tuesday with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Cavusoglu and that the Turkish ambassador in Tunis had been summoned to the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a sign of protest after the statements of Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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Ennahdha's proximity to Erdogan's Turkey has fueled controversy for several years in Tunisia, a country that prides itself on a strong secular tradition.

Washington and Paris have expressed their "

concern

" after President Saied's decision to dissolve parliament, without prompting any comment from the Tunisian authorities at this stage.

Source: lefigaro

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