The investment amount and the specified type of solar technology from Japan were not disclosed.

The joint statement was signed by Tunisia’s minister of development and international co-operation Mohamed Nouri Jouini, and Japan’s deputy minister of economy, trade and industry Todahiro Matsushita.

The two governments have carried out programmes of co-operation in various other fields since 1977. The solar energy co-operation project is the first of its kind in Tunisia.

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