March 2016 \ Interviews \ Diplomatic Interview
“We share similar schemes like Smart Tunisia and Digital Tunisia”

H.E. Mr. Tarek Azouz, Ambassador of Tunisia to India since September 2011, speaks with India Empire Magazine on issues ranging from bilateral relations to trade, commerce, business, entrepreneurial opportunities, and tourism. Ambassador Azouz is concurrently accredited to Nepal, Sri Lanka and Maldives. After joining the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1982, Ambassador Azouz, served as First Secretary in the Tunisian Embassy in Washington from 1987 to 1993 and Counselor in the Tunisian Embassy in Tokyo from 1998 till 2000. He was Deputy Chief of Mission of the Tunisian Embassy in Washington D.C. from 2001 to 2005...

Other Joint Working Groups include those of Bio-technology, SMEs, Pharmaceuticals, Textiles and Oil and Gas since the potential is important in these areas. The bilateral trade volume between the two countries reached an average of US$ 0.7 billion. The last session of the Joint Commission set a target of US$ 1 billion by 2015 and we are confident that we will make up and reach higher level in the near future.A Tunisian-Indian joint venture in Tunisia with an investment of US$ 500 million for manufacturing Phosphoric Acid exclusively for the Indian market has started production in July 2013. The total annual production of the plant is set at 3.6 lakh tonnes of phosphoric acid. Other Joint Ventures in car manufacturing between private Tunisian companies and Mahindra and Tata were inaugurated lately.




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