President of the Jordanian Businessmen Association (JBA), Hamdi Tabbaa, on Wednesday discussed with the Tunisian Ambassador to Jordan, Khaled Suhaili, mechanisms for developing Jordanian-Tunisian economic relations and strengthening joint business cooperation.
According to a JBA statement, Tabbaa stressed the importance of the JBA’s role, since 2016, in promoting joint investments and increasing the volume of Jordan-Tunisia trade exchange.
Tabbaa also pointed to the importance of developing a joint action plan to increase opportunities for Jordanian products’ entry into African countries through Tunisia, in return for Tunisian products access to the American market en route Gulf of Aqaba.
In addition, Tabbaa called on the Tunisian business community to visit Jordan and learn about investment opportunities and incentives, and take advantage of free trade agreements (FTAs) signed by the Kingdom with various Arab and international trade blocs.
The envoy, for his part, expressed his country’s desire to increase joint investment volume, adding that the Embassy is keen to maintain contact with the JBA to sustain the activity of the Jordanian-Tunisian Business Council (JTBC) periodically, given the importance of its outcomes in providing “practical” solutions to the challenges facing the two countries’ private sector.
The diplomat also said recommendations of the JTBC’s third session meetings focused on strengthening the role of the private sector and networking and activating bilateral relations.
Suhaili stressed the importance of discussing joint cooperation in the sectors of garment, textiles, banking, contracting, traditional industries, transport, shipping, and pharmaceutical industries.
Suhaili affirmed the Embassy’s readiness to cooperate to open “new” horizons for the joint trade and investment relations, adding that the two countries have signed bilateral agreements, which strengthen the cooperation.
The two sides agreed to hold in-person the JTBC’s fourth session meetings, bringing together JBA and Confederation of Tunisian Citizen Enterprises (CONECT), next June in the capital, Tunis, to identify priority sectors in investment.
