Moroccan prime minister visits Tunisia

Moroccan Prime Minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi starts on Tuesday a three-day official visit to Tunisia at the invitation of his Tunisian counterpart, Hamed Karoui.

Youssoufi and Karoui will co-chair the sixth session of the high joint commission, which will debate means to upgrade bilateral relations in various economic fields, Map reported.

The fifth session of the commission was held in November 1996 in Rabat.

Trade exchange between the two Maghreban countries totaled $100 million in 1996.