Tunisia hosts second meeting for US - Maghreb partnership

The second meeting of the US - Maghreb commercial chambers - started yesterday evening in Tunis on the six-month anniversary of the first meeting, which was held in Casablanca in the framework of the US - Maghreb partnership which aims at boosting bilateral relations between the USA and Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco and developing the private sector in these countries.

Libya is excluded from this partnership due to its disputes with Washington and Mauritania for a reason that has been unsaid by both the US and the Maghrebean officials.