Tunisian delegate to revive Arab Maghreb Union

Official sources in Tunis said that Tunisian President Zein al-Abidin Bin Ali has, on Wednesday asked his Foreign Minister Saeed Bin Mustafa to send messages to his counterparts in Libya, Algeria and Mauritania in order to revitalize the Arab Maghreb Union.

Following talks with the Tunisian president, Bin Mustafa said that Bin Ali assigned him with the task to convey messages to Libyan President Col. Moammar Gaddafi, Algerian President Liamine Zeroual and President Maaouya Ould Sid Ahmed Taya of Mauritania.

He added these messages fall in the course of holding "consultations" between the Arab Maghreb presidents on regional and international issues as well as in the context of "efforts exerted by Bin Ali with all other Maghreb states leaders" to reactivate "commissions" of the Arab Maghreb federation, the Tunisian News Agency reported.