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Russia was ready to supply more grain to Tunisia, Moscow’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday during a visit to the North African country grappling with shortages fueled by drought.
At a meeting with Tunisian President Kais Saied in the capital Tunis, Lavrov said Russia’s crop yields had been good “for the second or third year in a row” and that it was willing to help Tunisia.
Over the past four years, Tunisia has been plagued by drought, which dealt a major blow to its last grain season.
The North African country almost exclusively depends on imports for cereals and is in dire need for durum wheat, soft wheat and barley until spring 2024 at least.
Lavrov said after meeting with Tunisian Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar that “we agreed to develop our cooperation in all sectors.”
The top Russian diplomat cited “promising areas” for bilateral cooperation such as agriculture, energy, nuclear power and technology.
The Tunisian presidency in a statement underlined “the historic relations which unite our country with Russia”.
Tunis wishes to “further strengthen these strong bonds of friendship and fruitful cooperation”, the presidency said.
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