Tunisian Foreign Minister Ahmed Ounaiss has resigned, the state news agency said on February 13, a week after he became embroiled in a row over compliments he paid to his French opposite number. Many Tunisians were angered when Ounaiss said he had always dreamed of meeting French Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie, who is being accused by opponents in France of being too close to Tunisia’s ousted administration.
TUNISIA FOREIGN MINISTER STEPS DOWN
Tunisian Foreign Minister Ahmed Ounaiss has resigned, the state news agency said on February 13, a week after he became embroiled in a row over compliments he paid to his French opposite number
